$88.00
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*Halliday Winery Of The Year 2025*
Region: Yarra Valley
Grapes: Chardonnay
First Glance: Crushed Rocks, Lemon Sorbet, Pithy, Long
Acclaim: 96pts
The Wine:
Handpicked, whole bunch pressed and sent straight to barrel by gravity with no settling, taking full lees. Wild fermented in 500L French oak. No battonage, no malolactic fermentation, and matured for 9 months in used French oak - of which 25% was second fill.
"So Applejack on the nose - this combination of wet wool, oyster shell, chicken bouillon, grilled lemon and juicy peach and crushed rocks. The fruit and the savoury elements harmonious and characterful. The palate is all lemon sorbet, candied grapefruit, an array of stonefruit and a stony, pithy texture."
- James Malone, Best Cellars
The Review:
Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front - 96pts
"Anything Applejack Vineyard Pinot Noir can do, Applejack Chardonnay can do just as well. This is a ripping chardonnay. It has fruit power up its sleeve and in its wrist bands and everywhere else. And yet it’s tight. And stony. Shot with white peach. And run with apple, sweet cedar, brine and the wet leaves of a lemon tree. There’s some dare to the acidity but it brings flavour with it; it took the risk and it turned out, the reward was worth it. This is an advanced level wine. You drink it, and you know all you need to know."
