Blank Canvas Chardonnay ‘Escaroth’ 2021 red-blend Hardly anyone was planting Cabernet

Hardly anyone was planting Cabernet in the Barossa when the Angas family was establishing their vineyards in the 1960s

The 2025 vintage opens with an expressive bouquet of dark florals

this is also a first-rate aperitif wine

balanced by bright acidity and a long finish

then open-fermented and hand plunged for 9 days on skins

Blank Canvas Chardonnay ‘Escaroth’ 2021 red-blend Hardly anyone was planting Cabernet#Top 100 New Zealand Wines 2022 #Top Ranked Marlborough Chardonnay This inaugural vintage has bowled us over with its bright, zesty grapefruit and lemon notes coupled with brioche, musk and savoury toastiness. There is an oyster shell, chalky texture that is borne upon precise, defined acidity. Wild fermentation, zero battonage, natural malolactic fermentation and a mixed format oak regime (barriques and puncheons 30% new) results in a complex and