Plant a six inch nail in this soil, water it, and in a year you will have a crowbar. So said John James McWilliam when he arrived at Hanwood in 1913. The development of Riverina as a major wine producing area was primarily due to the foresight of the McWilliam family. Rich, fertile soils and warm temperatures make Riverina ideally suited to viticulture. Chardonnay is harvested throughout the cool of night, crushed and settled. A combination of French oak vinification and controlled fermenters retains vitality and abundant fruit character, a course of malolactic and a term of several months repose on sedimentery lees infuses texture and richness into the finished wine. Alcohol 13.5%