Blind Corner Quindalup Chardonnay Aligoté 2024 2016 vinemind shiraz malbec Clos de l'Ecu was acquired

Clos de l'Ecu was acquired in 2003 and is a monopole of Domaine Faiveley

making very high quality (and very expensive) highly extracted wines

Taste: Warm

Not an overstated nose

Vinified with indigenous yeast and vinified 50% in aged foudres and 50% in barrel (15% new) and aged on fine lees

Blind Corner Quindalup Chardonnay Aligoté 2024 2016 vinemind shiraz malbec Clos de l'Ecu was acquiredThe fruit comes from a single block of Gingin clone Chardonnay (92%) and a small adjacent plot of Aligot (8%). Blind Corner's 150 or so 10 year old Aligot vines are believed to be Margaret River's only plot of this variety, and Gould is slowly grafting over more Chardonnay to bulk out the plantings. The Chardonnay block is very low yielding, and the vines are over 20 years old. The fruit was pressed to a combination of stainless steel (75%) and