Water Wheel Chardonnay
$1799each
$215DOZEN
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Fruit Chardonnay
Regions Bendigo Vic
  Victoria
Each $17.99
$215.00
Available by the dozen
Water Wheel is situated at Bridgewater -On- Loddon under the shadow of the historic water powered Water Wheel Flour Mill, surrounded by hectares of thriving vines. One of the Bendigo region's most eminent farming dynasties acquired the estate in the late 1980s and embarked on a program of planting vines, installing new facilities, employing a highly skilled winemaking team and introducing a major new oak regimen. Dividends have arrived in the form of conspicuous award winning wines, meritorious accolades and superlative Chardonnay.
Vines are hedged trellised, exposing the grapes to the sun, achieving maximum ripeness, white wine grapes are planted to lighter, better drained soils. All vines are irrigated from the nearby Loddon river with ground level mini sprays. Chardonnay is treated to an extravagant barrel fermentation in French and American oak hogsheads. Upon completion, batches are held for a term of lees stirring on a weekly basis, achieving complexity, good mouthfeel and luxurious textures. The finished wine is protein and cold stabilized prior to filtration and bottling, a state of the art bentonite fining for protein stability.
TASTING NOTES
Lemon gold hues. On the nose there are obvious stone fruit characters with some subtle cashew and vanilla aromas also showing. The palate is complex with peach and pear flavours apparent. There is a smooth and creamy mid palate balanced by subtle, integrated oak and lees complexity, followed by a clean and persistent finish. Perfect alongside seafood risotto, shucked oysters or tuna pappardelle.
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Water Wheel Cabernet Sauvignon
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Fruit Cabernet Sauvignon
Regions Bendigo
  Victoria
  Each $17.99
  $215.00
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Water Wheel Chardonnay
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Fruit Chardonnay
Regions Bendigo Vic
  Victoria
  Each $17.99
  $215.00
Available by the dozen
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Water Wheel Memsie Shiraz
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Fruit Shiraz
Regions Bendigo
  Victoria
  Each $11.99
  $143.00
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Water Wheel Sauvignon Blanc
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Fruit Sauvignon Blanc
Regions Bendigo
  Victoria
  Each $13.99
  $167.00
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Water Wheel Shiraz
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Fruit Shiraz
Regions Bendigo
  Victoria
  Each $17.99
  $215.00
Available by the dozen
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More About Water Wheel Winery
Water Wheel Vineyards is owned by the Cumming family who have farmed in the Bendigo region for fifty years
The history of the estate vineyards date back to 1833 when John Catto left his native Scotland to seek his fortune in the new colony of Australia. He settled near what would become Bendigo, calling his new home Memsie after the village from where he had come. John Catto planted his Memsie vineyard on clay soils, rich with limestones. The historic Memsie vineyard now produces delicious and well rounded, full flavoured Water Wheel wines. Water Wheel»