Fruit driven with careful integration of the best French Oak available gives the wine depth and texture, complementing the fresh stone fruit and citrus with slatey minerality in this Hunter Valley Chardonnay.Nine months on lees in French oak provides great structure with fine delicate citrus flavours. Prior to bottling, a small portion of unwooded material was blended in to give this wine a beautiful balance between fruit and oak.First Creek Wines is a family owned and operated winery based in the Hunter Valley, Australia's oldest wine producing region. The talented family of winemakers comprises of Liz, Shaun and Greg Silkman whose emphasis on careful fruit selection and rigorous attention to detail produce a range of wines that appeal to both critics and consumers alike.