Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
95
Curly Flat has a unique style to their Chardonnay that embraces new oak, the inclusion of a portion of wine that goes through malo and extended time on lees. It's...
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
91
The Wheelabout focuses more on fruit than it does on winemaker intervention and showcases generous stone fruits and melon with the characteristic balance that comes from Chardonnay produced from the...
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
94
There is a consistency of quality from Mitchell Harris with an elegant and considered winemaking approach that showcases the quality of the constituent inputs. A perculior mix...
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
89
A heady mix of stone fruits, fig and a plushness from oak. The wine has lively acidity that's well supported by a supple and generous palate that's framed by nectarine...
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
87
A zesty, citrus inspired nose with stone fruits and gentle oak inputs. A medium bodied chardonnay with a taut backbone of acidity and a roundness of melon on the palate....
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
87
The nose is understated with nectarine and cut flowers and some vegetal notes. The palate initially has good mouthfeel with flowing melon fruits, and a touch of mealy oak before...
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
96
The last time I tasted Alex Byrne's wines was in 2013 and it was the 2012 Ballarat Chardonnay. Five years on it was time to look at the 2017 Ballarat...
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
89
A wine that offers much more than it's $18 price point suggests. The nose is varietal with peach and nectarine working with citrus notes and a mealy complexity. There is...
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
93
The wine was sourced from the Ridge and Lake blocks in the McCutcheon vineyard and is the P58 clone of Chardonnay. The wine was wild yeast fermented, with a high...
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
97
This is an exceptional release that has harnessed the virtues of a warm vintage to it's advantage in creating a mouth filling, and complex chardonnay that retains elegance and definition....