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95
/ 100
Sam Kim -
93
/ 100
Wine Pilot
White
Classification
Chardonnay
Variety
2022
Vintage
750ml (Bottle)
Bottle Size
Australia
Country
Western Australia, Margaret River
Region
13.0%
Alcohol %
15 Plus Years
Cellaring
Scores
95 / 100"Stylish and sophisticated, the wine shows white flesh stone fruit, nougat, roasted cashew and oatmeal nuances on the nose. The palate delivers outstanding weight and creamy flow, wonderfully complemented by savoury nuances and beautifully pitched acidity. Seamless, harmonious and magnificently long with a great line and length. At its best: 2025 to 2035."
- Sam Kim
93 / 100
"The team like to describe their Chardonnay as the equivalent of an artist’s palette, thanks to an array of different clones, including the famous Gingin. It certainly all contributes to the complexity. They also have a deft hand with the oak, a light touch simply to enhance the structure and add to the overall impression. At this stage, integration is proceeding, though you have to look for it. A pale lemon hue here, this is both youthful and powerful. We have hints of crème brulee, stonefruits and tropicals, with peaches and mango to the fore supported by crunchy acidity with good focus and length. Enjoy over the rest of this decade and if you have the chance, give the wine an hour’s decant – it is not only red wines which can benefit from the practice."
- Wine Pilot
Tasting Notes
Select parcels of our Chardonnay were harversted in the early hours of morning and whole-cluster pressed straight to ferment in French Oak, with all natural solids retained and incorporated so as to harness and fully express the aroma, texture and structural characteristics of the fruit. After long cool fermentation the wine was aged for 8 months on French Oak and light lees, with fortnightly battonage adding to the inherent textural weight and palate concentration. After aging, the wine was carefully blended, lightly fined and filtered before bottling. This is a beautifully rich vintage for Chardonnay where the wine is developing early but will integrate and become deeper with time.
Natural acidity and pure fruit tannins deliver flavours of stone fruit, shaved almonds, and lemon zest, with an utterly mineral finish of apricots, lime juice and plum, and subtle tones of creamy French oak.
Tasting Profile
- Light
- Full
- Low Tannin
- Tannic
- Sweet
- Dry
- Low Acidity
- High Acidity