$63.00
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Region: Adelaide Hills
Grapes: Chardonnay
First Glance: Concentrated, Almond, Crunchy Stonefruit, Spice
Acclaim: 95+pts
The Wine:
Sourced from the Udy's Rd vineyard in, you guessed it, Piccadilly! Planted in 1983 to the I10V1 clone at an elevation of 470m on light loamy clay over sandstone with extensive schist and quartz rock/rubble.
Whole bunches were crushed and pressed into tank for overnight settling, before racking off solids to barrel. The wine spent 11 months in French oak, 30% of which was new, then racked to tank for three months before bottling.
Old vine Chardonnay from the heart of Piccadilly, where the wines are renowned for their power and flair. No doubt about it with this wine, it’s all lemon citrus, melons, ripe fruit and impressive acid…a complete package and the reason this part of the Hills is often referred to as the “Grand Cru” section.
The Review:
Mike Bennie, The Wine Front - 95+pts
"Soft, gentle, curiously concentrated in a way with almond, just-ripe pineapple, nectarine, red apple and some natural yoghurt characters. It’s very relaxed and yet has a core of very briny, mineral-charged acidity with a long, trailing, pleasingly bitter finish. A light dusting of cinnamon spice amongst all this. A succulence and freshness even with the modest sense of generosity. This should mature spectacularly too."
