2022 Chalmers Dott. Prosecco

Chalmers

Australia / Heathcote / Chalmers

2022 Chalmers Dott. Prosecco is a refreshingly crisp and aromatic sparkling; fragrant and fruit forward with aromas of feijoa flower, green apple and lemon verbena. Pale in the glass with delicate fizz, this wine is drier than most Prosecco and has some gentle texure and a moreish finish.
Prosecco needs little introduction. It hails from the Veneto in the foothills between the Dolomite mountains and the Adriatic Sea near Venice in North Eastern Italy. This attractive, appealing sparkling wine has historically been made in various sparkling wines methods, often made ‘Contadino’ style (col fondo), charmat, carbonated as well as still wine. Its popularity in recent years is for good reason, mostly due to it’s delicious and approachable nature.
Chalmers imported Prosecco through the Dr. Rod connection with VCR together with our first vine imports selected in 1998, decades before the variety and wine style had seen the international popularity it has today. It’s mid- to late-ripening behaviour is a benefit for our warmer-climate viticulture. Prosecco’s flavour ripeness at lower sugar levels as well as our sandy soils and limestone of the Murray Darling region vineyard promotes pristine and pure fruit flavours also favourable for crafting fresh, sparkling wine.
Our is Prosecco is typically harvested in mid-late February, over two seperate harvests approximately 10 days apart to allow subtle complexities to the finished wine. The two individual harvests are pressed into stainless steel for cool, natural ferments on solids. After some maturation on fine lees in stainless steel it is bottled early in the year of production for ultimate freshness in bottle.

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About Chalmers

The Chalmers family was justly named 2014 Viticulturist of the Year by Gourmet Traveller WINE. Their commitment to innovation and excellence has made them a pivotal force in the Australian wine scene for more than 20 years. Bruce and Jenni began growing grapes in the 1980s, with their vineyard at Euston developing into one the largest and most diverse privately owned vineyards in the country. Their nursery business was responsible for importing a selection of around 70 new clones and varieties, many of which are now used in the production of Chalmers' Italian variety wines. Since selling the original vineyard in 2008 the family has established two new sites: one in Heathcote, henceforth responsible for all Chalmers wines, and one at Merbein where the family will continue to experiment with new varieties and clones. Very much a family concern, daughters Kim and Tennille are now driving this exciting business forward.

About

Kim studied at the University of Adelaide before joining the family business. She has been director at Chalmers Wines since 2005, managing operations from the vine to the wine list. In 2011 she was awarded an AgriFoods Skills Australia Overseas Fellowship, for which she wrote a paper entitled “Hot climate wine growing, making and marketing in Southern Italy and its application in Australia”. Kim's husband, winemaker Bart van Olphen completed the family team in 2011, a year after sister Tennille joined the business full time following a 10-year career in hospitality, most recently as a sommelier. The Chalmers sisters have been pivotal in turning the Australian Alternative Varieties Wine Show into a major event on the wine awards calendar. In 2015 they also spearheaded 21st Century Vino, an initiative to increase awareness and expertise in Italian vine varieties grown in Australia.