Description
Flametree Wines has had a meteoric rise to become one of the star wineries of the Margaret River wine region. Under the skilled winemaking of Cliff Royle (ex-Voyager Estate) the quality of wines are impressive across the board.
S.R.S. stands for Sub Regional Series. Carefully selected individual grape varieties that excel within a certain sub-region. These wines represent the very best varietal wines under the Flametree Wines label and will only be made in the best vintages, volumes will be small and availability very limited. Exceptional in quality, complexity and finesse.
” 2017 was a cooler and later vintage than the previous 10 years; a year of elegant, perhaps even slightly lighter bodied wines, though ripe in flavour, vibrant and very perfumed.
Fruit for the 2017 Flametree SRS Chardonnay was once again sourced from a single Chardonnay block on Rosa Glen Road. This area is located in the southern part of the Wallcliffe sub-region, situated south of the Margaret River town site. The fruit from this vineyard came from old, low yielding gin gin vines, originally grown from cuttings off the famous block 20 Chardonnay at Leeuwin Estate. The clay/loam soils in this vineyard hold moisture very well and drip irrigation is only used during heat spells to stop vine stress. Fruit for the 2017 SRS Chardonnay was hand picked and refrigerated overnight. The 2017 SRS Chardonnay was barrel fermented in 35% new French puncheons and then aged for 10 months.
Because the wines were a little lighter than previous years we did a little more lees stirring and inoculated 20% of the blend for MLF to give a little more texture and softness to the acid profile of the wine. The 2017 shows good freshness of fruit together with some savoury notes from the solids and wild ferment. Classic grapefruit, white peach and dried pear fruits give way to barrel ferment and sulphide complexities. These sulphides contribute a lovely savoury oyster shell or saline character, giving the wine greater complexity and overall purity. This style ultimately complements many modern Australian food flavours.” Winery notes. 13.5% alc.
Multi award winning wine – Six Gold Medals! … Gold – Royal Melbourne Wine Awards 2018; Gold – Sydney Royal Wine Show 2018; Gold – Perth Royal Wine Awards 2018; Gold – Royal Adelaide Wine Show 2018; Gold – Wine Show of Western Australia 2018; Gold – International Wine Challenge 2018; Consistency of Excellence award – Royal Melbourne Wine Awards 2018
97 points and included in Best of the Best in James Halliday’s 2020 Australian Wine Companion “This 59/41% blend strikes very different notes, tighter in some ways, looser in others. The two components spent 10 months in French oak and stainless steel, the oak obvious. Over the past 6 months, the power, drive and intensity of the wine have all increased, cleansing the finish and extending the length.”
97 points, Ray Jordan, The West Australian, Nov ’18 “This wine is now firmly among the Margaret River chardonnay elite. It’s sourced from a single site in the Wallcliffe subregion. All wild fermented and matured in large-format French oak, with about 40 per cent of it new. Wonderfully complex stone fruit, mineral and tight savoury notes. Very long and powerfully sustained palate. Classy wine. Best drinking: Now to 2030.”
RRP $62 Our Price $52.99 – LAST OF THIS VINTAGE!
(2018 Vintage also available – click here)
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