2023 Optume Chardonnay [Pre-Release]

Optume

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Release Date MEMBER PRE-RELEASE
Vintage 2023
Cellaring 15+ years

Description

The outstanding 2023 vintage provided ideal conditions for us to present an overall vintage regional expression...
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Wine Making

Hand-picked over the space of 17 days from five clonal blocks allowing for ideal ripening across four specifically selected vineyards. All fruit was hand-sorted then tipped directly to press as whole bunches. Cloudy juice was settled overnight prior to racking to a mix of concrete tulip tanks and select oak barrels. Natural fermentation was allowed to initiate prior to inoculation with a specific varietally-enhancing yeast strain. Finished wines aged on lees with minimal stirring for 9 months prior to selection and blending.

Winemaker’s Notes

The outstanding 2023 vintage provided ideal conditions for us to present an overall vintage regional expression of Chardonnay drawn from multiple sub-regions of the Yarra Valley. Grapes were sourced from five select vineyard sites dispersed across the central valley floor rising up to the higher, cooler later-ripening upper Yarra to the south. The intention of this breadth of scope is to create an exceptional and complete wine of regional typicity & vintage characteristics, combining the individual site-specific strengths and clonal expressions to deliver the optimum interpretation of our region’s enviable reputation with this variety. 


2023 Optume Chardonnay [Pre-Release]

The outstanding 2023 vintage provided ideal conditions for us to present an overall vintage regional expression of Chardonnay drawn from multiple sub-regions of the Yarra Valley. Grapes were sourced from five select vineyard sites dispersed across the central valley floor rising up to the higher, cooler later-ripening upper Yarra to the south.

The intention of this breadth of scope is to create an exceptional and complete wine of regional typicity & vintage characteristics, combining the individual site-specific strengths and clonal expressions to deliver the optimum interpretation of our region’s enviable reputation with this variety.

Available for shipping from 1 October.

Each individually numbered bottle of Optume is presented in a bespoke presentation box and accompanied by a custom Optume key, creating a distinctive collector’s presentation worthy of the wine inside.

Release Date MEMBER PRE-RELEASE
Vintage 2023
Varietal Blend 100% Chardonnay
Cellaring 15+ years
Harvest date 10, 11, 15 and 26 March 2023
Production volume 2136 bottles
Analysis Matured in French oak (19% new). Some components fermented and matured in concrete tulips.
Alcohol content 13.0%
Ranked #2 Winery in Australia

Ranked #2 Winery in Australia

Levantine Hill has been recognised as the #2 winery in Australia in The Real Review’s 2026 Top Wineries of Australia, one of the country’s most respected benchmarks of wine quality.

This recognition reflects the consistency, precision and uncompromising standards found across our entire portfolio.

The wines below are part of that same pursuit of excellence, crafted from our Yarra Valley vineyards and recognised among the finest wines in Australia.


“There is pain involved in pursuing perfection... the fastidiousness and relentlessness are never ending.”
- Paul Bridgeman, Chief Winemaker

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