2021 Scintilla Forest Chardonnay

WINEMAKER: James Madden
REGION: Adelaide Hills, SA
VARIETAL: Chardonnay
VITICULTURE: Organic/Biodynamic

3rd harvest. not a widely planted clone in the Hills. 550 metres above sea level, protected by winds around, SE facing and cool nights. Clay soils, white quartz and schist. Simply made and as a result completely terroir driven. Proper Chardonnay length aided by some later picking, no lack of acidity here - rocks and cool nights.

Sommelier-turned-winemaker James Madden has worked with the likes of James Erskine (Jauma) and Tom Shobbrook. He now shares a shed in the Basket Range with Alex Schulkin (The Other Right) to produce his own minimal intervention wines. All grapes are organic and/or biodynamic, handpicked and processed by shovel & fork. Wines are transferred by siphon using gravity, unfined, unfiltered and always zero adds.