About the producerA fifth generation Barossan, Peter Lehmann was born at Angaston in 1930, the son of a Lutheran pastor. His winemaking career began in 1947 as a 17 year-old with Yalumba where he worked under the mentorship and tutelage of Rudi Kronberger for 13 years until he was appointed Winemaker/Manager of Saltram Wines in Angaston. In that role for 20 years he built a national reputation for his quality, innovative Barossa Wines. He founded his own winery in 1979 in order to support the Barossa growers who were facing financial ruin in the face of a serious overproduction of grapes - he named his new venture Masterson after the Damon Runyon character Sky Masterson, acknowledging what a gamble he had taken. Peter Lehmann Wines soon became a producer of bottled wines with an international reputation. However, the imminent withdrawal of the principle shareholder in 1993 threatened the company's survival and Lehmann was again forced to gamble - this time by offering equity in the company by public float. The growers with whom he had forged such lasting relationships and his loyal staff invested in the new enterprise together with thousands of small investors and the float succeeded almost overnight.About the wineThis Chardonnay has been picked at optimum balance of ripeness and acidity. The wine displays a fine green, gold tinge and expresses a complex style nose with flinty toasty oak and a tight palate structure. It is a wine that will develop over the next four to five years during which time it will become a deeper gold colour and richer in flavour.
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