Mount Majura Wines Parallel Ridges Chardonnay 2023 (6 Bottles) Majura Valley, Canberra

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At Mount Majura Vineyard, we’ve only ever made wine from our own site. That changed in 2020 when bushfire smoke tainted our entire crop, and a second ‘Mount Majura’ label was created as a one-off. A few years later, with growing demand for our wine and three cool seasons, our stocks have still not recovered and the second label is back, now called the ‘Parallel Ridges’ series.

The Parallel Ridges series applies Mount Majura winemaking to some of our favourite varieties grown in other regions. Different ridges, different growers, same quest.

Known for its equanimity, Chardonnay made good wine in our vineyard for many years until we dedicated it to sparkling base, but Chardonnay excels in cooler spots, one of them being Tumbarumba. And for this reason, Tumba Chardonnay fruit is in great demand, so we were delighted to be able to source some from the Mountain View vineyard. Grown by the Johansen and Southwell families on Ngarigo Country.

At Mount Majura Vineyard, the 2023 season was cool, with a late start to picking, and the same was true in Tumbarumba. The vines were healthy but the crop was a little on the small side, with some hen-and-chicken.

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About Mount Majura Vineyard

Mount Majura Vineyard lies near the top of the Majura Valley, just outside the city of Canberra. The valley floor, too frosty in Spring for vines, was a camping area and transit corridor for the original Ngunnawal people.

On the slopes of the valley, where the the cold air drains away, the soil has developed from two geological formations. Limestone was deposited in the Silurian era, 430 million years ago, at the beginning of the simplest life on land. The Ainslie Volcanics, which form Mount Majura itself, were deposited very shortly afterwards.

To a vigneron, an east-facing slope with limestone speaks softly but urgently of a need to plant vines. So it was that the late Dr Edgar Riek, a pioneer of viticulture in the Canberra District, came to plant a vineyard together with the then owner of our site, Mrs Dinny Killen. In 1988, the first hectare of Mount Majura Vineyard was planted, to pinot noir, chardonnay, and a field-blend of cabernet franc and merlot.

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