2023 Chardonnay

Pale straw in colour with plenty of stone fruit notes on the nose: apple skin and ruby red grapefruit intermingled with some struck match/gunflint complexity. The palate is complex and round with some nervy mouth-watering acidity and the almost quinine-like structure is balanced out by a juicy finish.

Limited availability: only 6 bottles per customer.

97 POINTS, HUON HOOKE, THE REAL REVIEW

Bright light yellow; intense struck flint aromas at first pour, almost an electrical fire aroma. Then citrus and spice. The wine is tense and lean on the tongue, firm and taut, the focus tight and the acidity brisk. Long and linear in the mouth, with intense grapefruit and gooseberry flavours. It really benefits from some air. Great fruit concentration and energy. A superb wine that shows enormous potential.

96 POINTS, DAVE BROOKES, HALLIDAY WINE COMPANION

A finely detailed chardonnay produced with grapes from the Palisander vineyard in the Coal River Valley and a site high up in the Derwent Valley at Ouse. Beautiful stone and citrus fruit tones mesh with a pitch-perfect level of struck match complexity along with hints of apple sorbet, soft spice, crushed riverstone, wildflowers and ozone. Tautly framed but expressive and long of flavour with soft, hazelnutty oak tones and briny drive that is nicely in line with the other characters. Such delicious, pristine drinking; winemaker Sam Connew is on a roll here.