Sven Joschke

2025 'La Lulu' Chardonnay

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Fingers crossed we’ve found our longer term forever Hill Chardy sites based in Balhannah at site elevation of 340m. 50% 76 clone, 50% 95 clone on sandstone, siltstone and shale soils with organic practices.

Fruit handpicked and direct pressed. Cold settled, racked to 3rd and 4th use puncheons for barrel fermentation. Lees stirring at times but fruit showed floral and delicate notes so we didn’t want to disrupt the balance too much. Lees maturation 11 months before bottling unfined and unfiltered. Wild fermented with zero adds apart from minimal SO2 on bottling.

Cashew nut meets nectarine aromats, lush and full stone fruit, orange peel zest... driving Adelaide Hills acidity.
Eat cheese, rich cheese, fat fleshy fish and roast chicken.

- Sven Joschke, Winemaker

About the Wine

A richly textured yet balanced Chardonnay that draws subtle inspiration from the Jura. Fruit from 22-year-old Bernard 76 vines is barrel-fermented and matured for eight months with regular bâtonnage, achieving both depth and freshness. Nougat, apricot, and stone fruit tones are underpinned by mineral tension and gentle oxidative nuance, creating a wine that feels both familiar and quietly complex.

About the Winemaker
Spending the last 15 years abroad and interstate, Sven decided to ditch his life as a Chartered Accountant and come back home to South Australia. Swapping the Casio and spreadsheets for his ultimate calling of wine, at least he can now claim market research when enjoying some plonk!

Guided by 'Schwatta' and Shelly from Biscay Rd in Tanunda, and inspired by his experience making wine in Jura, France, the mission has been simple from the get go - make it delicious, work your backside off, do it with love and most importantly, let nature do the talking.
Reviews

" Buttery oak meets medium weight and minerality. Fruit was destemmed, pressed and chilled over night. Racked to a combination of new, second and third use Bordeaux puncheons for barrel fermentation to integrate wood early.

Fresh oak barrels were lees stirred (post lees sampling) every two weeks with the intent to bring on toasty almond characters in time. 100% malolactic fermentation and matured in oak and on lees for 11 months. Fresh, linier acid lines with malolactic weight and of course, toasty oak notes. "

- Sven Joschke, Winemaker

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Region Barossa Valley, SA
Country Australia
Vintage 2025
Size 750ml
Alcohol 12.8%
Closure Sealed Cork
Grapes Chardonnay
Farming Organic

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