Restless River, Ava Marie Chardonnay Size:6x750ml Pierre Lurton and technical director

Pierre Lurton and technical director Pierre-Olivier Clouet told me that the final blend is 72% merlot and 28% cabernet franc (it was 75% merlot and 25% cabernet franc during the Primeurs)

the Riesling harvest was already in full swing even as it rained intermittently

pure terres blanches

There is better freshness on the palate along with excellent richness and concentration to the powerful and mouth coating middle weight plus flavors that deliver fine length on the very firm finale

with understated

Restless River, Ava Marie Chardonnay Size:6x750ml Pierre Lurton and technical directorAutodidact winemaker and viticulturist Craig Wessels does things differently and fastidiously perhaps because he hasnt had any formal training. From a small single block, planted in 1999, which is considered to be the oldest Chardonnay in the Hemel en Aarde. Specific parcels are whole bunch picked over three weeks. Pressed in an old Vaslin press, the black juice then goes through natural ferment in barrels of mixed sizes as well as amphora. Quickly