2021 Gentle Folk Ashton Chardonnay

WINEMAKER: Gareth & Rainbo Belton
REGION: Basket Range, Adelaide Hills, SA
VARIETAL: Chardonnay
VITICULTURE: Organic/Biodynamic

"Our fourth release from this little patch of goodness where the aspect and deep clay soils result in a wine with boldness and spiciness. There's texture, beautiful stone fruit characters and a punching acid line from the long, cool 2021 season. Whole bunches crushed and pressed to tank for settling overnight before racking off solids to barrel. The wine spent eleven months in French and Austrian oak, 20% new." - Gareth & Rainbo

Gareth is a former marine biologist who was born in South Africa and settled in South Australia as a teenager thanks to a tennis scholarship. After working vintage with James Erskine (Jauma), Gareth began to make his own wine from 2013 with his partner Rainbo.