The vintage conditions in 2022 were warm and dry allowing for perfect ripening conditions of our Chardonnay in McLaren Vale and Kuitpo in the Adelaide Hills.
Fermented in static fermenters co-inoculated with malolactic bacteria, with gentle pump overs each day before sitting on skins for a week. Each parcel was then pressed, settled and matured with a selection French oak 14 - 18 months prior to being blended.
More than 130 years after Alexander Campbell Johnston planted his first small vine cutting, the Johnston family still produce Estate grown wines and operate one of Australia's oldest wineries - Pirramimma.