Description
Grapes were hand picked and pressed to 500 Litre French oak puncheons (36% first use) without clarification or racking for non-temperature controlled fermentation. Upon completion of fermentation, the wine was immediately sulphured to preserve freshness and acidity and rested on its lees for 12 months. The wine was transferred to tank for a further three months prior to bottling.
2024 Harvest Date: 20th February
Bottled: 6th June 2025
REVIEWS
Immediate wafts of seaspray, green apple, hazelnut, nutmeg and brioche send the senses into overdrive. The palate is a flavoursome ride of apple, fennel, flint and freshly baked pastry, brimming with tension and drive. There’s so much going on yet it’s seamless and composed in both its delivery and flavour profile. A touch highly strung in its youth, which sets it up for a few years of aging. It’s a brilliant example of modern Aussie chardonnay
96 points – Gabrielle Poy for The Real Review.
Whitlands, planted 1995 and sitting at 600 meters ASL.
White peach, lime, spice, a light smoky note, a little almond, a sniff or jasmine floating above. It’s bright and juicy, tangy lime and grapefruit, a green mango flavour, a dusting of cinnamon and ginger, a fine powdery texture, mouth-watering acidity, closing long and tight, a saline green olive thing in the aftertaste. Such energy, perhaps with a little more almond creaminess and flavour than last year’s model. Lovely wine.
95 Points – Gary Walsh for The Wine Front.
