Marchand & Burch Mount Barker Chardonnay 2019 (6 Bottles) Mount Barker, WA

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Pale straw in colour, the aromas offer a heady perfume of honeysuckle, orange blossom and lemon cream. On the palate baked apple and melon take centre stage, matched by silky mouthfeel and a fine mineral acidity.

A balanced and delicious wine that combines elegance and focus – this vintage will reward cellaring.

Vintage
The vintage of 2018 has delivered exceptional wine. Our challenge has been to reign in the substantive fruit to create wines with style, finesse and authenticity, whilst allowing the free expression of what nature has delivered.

The growing season saw a welcome return to favourable weather conditions more typical of the past decade in the south west of Western Australia.A compact vintage which commenced in Mount Barker on 3rd March with Chardonnay for sparkling base an concluded on 20th April with Cabernet Sauvignon from the Abercrombie vineyard. So often the very good vintages seem to lack extraordinary weather events and 2018 was such a year.

Good winter rains were followed by a temperate spring, then a moderate to warm summer – a text book progression of seasons for the ideal vintage. With veraison came the native marri blossom and a sigh of relief that the annual joust with the native, resident birds would be a minor battle not a major war. As summer relaxed into autumn, conditions remained fine. Yields were moderate across all varieties and ripeness and flavour development, concurrent.The early quality assessment of the 2018 vintage is excellent.

White wines are very pure, focused and concentrated while the reds show that same purity of ripe berry flavours and supple, fine tannins.

Vineyards
The Marchand & Burch Chardonnay is sourced from the Mount Barrow vineyard located in the eastern, elevated end of the Mt Barker sub-region. Planting commenced in 2005 and is dedicated to growing Pinot Noir and Chardonnay for still and sparkling wine.

The unique attributes of this site include an elevation of 380M and a panorama of vineyard aspects from north to south facing. Planted to clone 95 and 96, the C block sits on a south east facing slope. Soils are some of the most ancient on the planet and as such are shallow, relatively in fertile and of light structure.

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About Us

When two men met in a village in Burgundy…

It was 1990 when Jeff Burch crossed paths with Pascal Marchand, on his first visit to Burgundy. Language and cultural differences were quickly overcome as a fast friendship formed with a profound passion for Pinot Noir.

Together they embraced the possibilities of a unique collaboration, and from there they began the Marchand & Burch Collection.

Since 2007 the Marchand & Burch label has grown to represent a sophisticated expression of terroir through fine wines produced in Western Australia’s Great Southern region and the Côte d’Or in Burgundy, France.

Unique Wines

As a family owned wine distribution business we pride ourselves on our strong industry relationships and our highly developed market knowledge.

With our unique and selective portfolio of brands, we are able to offer a cost effective and specialised service for our partners, and we strive to be the distributor of choice for all of our customers.

We have an efficient and effective supply chain and partner with principals to deliver beyond expectation.

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