2019 Chardonnay

Production – 420 cases

Colour: Straw gold

Bouquet: Jumps out of the glass with Funk.  Flint stone, aged cheddar cheese and chamomile tea. Hints of preserved citrus and lime zest.

Palate: Zesty citrus based fruits with mandarin and lemonade flavours. Complex funky notes of cheese rind and marzipan. Creamy butter and toasted almonds from careful use of oak. Fine boned saline acidity running through the entire palate giving a cleansing freshness to the finish. Salivating.

Cellaring: Drink now or cellar until 2027

Awards and Reviews:

“Lots happening in this excellent chardonnay.  Smoky aromas of stone fruit and edgy lemon blossoms with a penetrating struck-match complexity.  The palate has a deep intensity, with layers of flavour accentuated by the battonage regime.  That struck match strikes, so to speak, on the finish to complete a very good wine.  95/100 Cellar 9 years Ray Jordan

“Wild ferment in barrel, regular bâtonnage. If you’ve ever picked a curry leaf fresh from the plant, and crushed it between your fingers, then you know what this wine smells like. Add yellow peach, brine and red apples, and you’re there. The flavours on the palate fall in line perfectly with the nose. All things in place. Spicy, exotic, rich, balanced … everything laced up by saline acidity.”

94 Points Erin Larkin Halliday Wine Companion 2022 – Published 13 August 2021