The Lucky Lizard Chardonnay
⏳ Drikkevindue
Typically best enjoyed within 3 to 8 years from vintage release.
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Roasted chicken, grilled salmon with lemon-butter sauce, creamy mushroom risotto
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
Sourced from the cool-climate slopes of the Adelaide Hills, d'Arenberg's 'The Lucky Lizard' Chardonnay is a vibrant and textured white wine that beautifully contrasts the estate's warmer McLaren Vale reds. The wine's quirky name pays homage to a fortunate little lizard discovered unharmed in the grape crusher during a past harvest, which was quickly rescued and returned to the vines as a symbol of good luck. This Chardonnay is crafted using traditional, hands-on methods: the grapes are gently pressed, followed by wild fermentation in French oak barriques. To build complexity and a luscious mouthfeel, the wine undergoes regular lees stirring (battonage) without undergoing malolactic fermentation, preserving its crisp, natural acidity and bright citrus core.
🍾 Om vinhuset / producenten
d'Arenberg blev grundlagt i 1912 af Joseph Osborn og har siden udviklet sig til en af McLaren Vales mest ikoniske og traditionsrige familieejede vingårde i South Australia. Under ledelse af fjerdegenerations-vinmageren Chester Osborn arbejder vinhuset kompromisløst efter bæredygtige og traditionelle metoder, herunder certificeret økologisk og biodynamisk vindyrkning, fodtrædning af druerne samt kurvepresning. Vingården er berømt for sine finurlige vinenavne og den karakteristiske røde stribe på etiketten, og porteføljen spænder over en bred vifte af udtryksfulde vine med særligt fokus på Rhône-sorter, gamle Grenache-stokke og kraftfuld Shiraz. Signaturvine som 'The Dead Arm Shiraz' og 'The Ironstone Pressings' regnes i dag for absolutte milepæle, der forener regional dybde, kompleksitet og et fremragende lagringspotentiale.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Chardonnay 100%
🍷 Alkoholprocent (ABV)
13.0% - 14.0%