2021 Estate Chardonnay

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  • Awarded 96 points by Stuart Knox from the Real Review
Rates 96 by Stuart Knox from the Real Review Rated 95 by James Halliday Wine Companion...
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Release Date June 2024
Vintage 2021
Cellaring 15 + years
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2021 Estate Chardonnay

  • Rates 96 by Stuart Knox from the Real Review
  • Rated 95 by James Halliday Wine Companion
  • Rated 95 by Patrick Eckel from Wine Reviewer
From arguably the finest Yarra Valley Chardonnay vintage since 2017, our house style deliberately eschews the modern trend of taut and fine-boned expressions of Chardonnay, offering a defiant reclamation of the middle ground where body, flavour and palate weight can co-exist with structure, texture and measured acidity.
Release Date June 2024
Vintage 2021
Varietal Blend 100% Chardonnay ( Clones - 38% I10V5: 36% P58: 14% Mendoza : 8% Bernard 96 : 4% Bernard 95)
Cellaring 15 + years
Case Size 6 bottles
Harvest date 22-24 February, 11 and 18 March 2021
Analysis <1.0 g/litre
Alcohol content 12.5%

Wine Making

All blocks are hand-picked, sorted and whole bunch pressed. Pressed juice settled overnight then coarsely racked directly to barrel for a mix of wild and inoculated fermentation. Aged on lees in barrel with minimal stirring. Selected barrels underwent 100% malolactic fermentation.

Winemaker’s Notes

From arguably the finest Yarra Valley Chardonnay vintage since 2017, our house style deliberately eschews the modern trend of taut and fine-boned expressions of Chardonnay, offering a defiant reclamation of the middle ground where body, flavour and palate weight can co-exist with structure, texture and measured acidity. 

Nose: Chalk, white nectarine, oyster shell, green olive brine, galangal, macadamia, rosemary and galangal with underlying toasty char, crème anglaise and Viennoiserie pastry complexity. 

Palate: Rich and silky texture over a medium-tensile acidity line that defines and supports an intensity and heft of boldness and weight. Flavours of quince, Golden Delicious apple, chamomile flowers, basil, almond meal and vanillin interplay with tactile calcareousness underpinning a biscuity texture. A lingering resonance of flavour on the long and textural palate.

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