This wine's an award winner...
Bronze Medal
Decanter World Wine Awards 2024
This wine's an award winner...
Bronze Medal
Decanter World Wine Awards 2024
About the wine
Peter Gajewski made this refreshingly fruity Chardonnay as a 'Juicy' treat for white-wine-loving Angels
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Not just a Shiraz superstar, when award-winning Aussie winemaker Peter ‘Juicy’ Gajewski came to us saying he wanted to make a delicious ‘Chardy’ for his white-wine-loving Angels, there was no way we could pass up on the offer.
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Like his reds, Juicy’s Chardonnay comes from the Scott’s Creek vineyard he helped plant as a boy. After a 40-plus year relationship, you’d be hard pressed to find a winemaker more in tune with his grapes than he is. And for this wine, he harvested the fruit in 2 batches - the first with higher natural acidity (the structure that holds a wine together), and the second with more punchy fruit characters - which he blended together to create this perfectly balanced Chardonnay with mouthwatering flavour and complexity.
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Crowd-pleasing Aussie Chardonnay like this was made to enjoy over long, lazy sunday lunches with a few good mates. It’s crisp and refreshing, with yummy flavours of tropical fruit and lemon, and a soft, round, peachy mouthfeel.
Best before
With careful cellaring, this Chardonnay will cellar well for up to 5 years.
Serving advice
No special advice is needed, However prior chilling is recommended.
Food match
Definitely!! Fresh seafood, chicken, and lovely rich and creamy cheeses.
Contains sulphites
Always check the label
Australia
Riverland
Chardonnay
Rich White
13.5% ABV
75cl
Vegan
Vegetarian
Wine profile
Meet the winemaker - Peter 'Juicy' Gajewski
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Juicy was born and raised in Shiraz heaven – Barossa Valley – where he planted vineyards as a kid that went on to be owned by one of Australia’s most iconic wineries. “Growing up in a grape growing and winemaking environment, wine was in my blood.” he says. Forty years and a host of international awards later, he has literally come back to his roots.
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It turns out the vines he planted all those years ago were Juicy’s golden ticket to winemaking superstar status. His knowledge of the vineyards, combined with the natural flair he’d shown in his career so far, saw him made Chief Winemaker at the iconic Penfolds winery, where he made some of Australia’s most prized Shiraz… in the very vineyards he’d planted as a boy.
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Safe to say, Juicy knows how to make a bangin’ wine and he’s chuffed to share his brilliant kit - that’s so close to his heart - with you. “I love seeing people enjoying the fruits of my labor, and it’s so important to me that the wines I create are in a style that the Angels enjoy. It is an honor to have the privilege of making wine for you.”
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