Winemaker Notes
Lifted nose showing an array of citrus with lime peel, lemon oil and grapefruit. Some flint, matchstick coming through, as well as schist mineral. Fierce but balanced acid carries the wine through with great length.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
You’d be forgiven for guessing this was a more youthful wine than it is. Fresh as a daisy, this graceful, ageworthy Chard opens with tangy fruit—oranges and nectarines— streaked by seashell-like minerals, gingery spice, honeysuckle and a hint of buttered toast. The palate is brightened by a pristine line of acidity and those saline, mineral nuances run through to the lengthy finish. This has another decade left in it at least. Editors' Choice.
One of the most popular and versatile white wine grapes, Chardonnay offers a wide range of flavors and styles depending on where it is grown and how it is made. While it tends to flourish in most environments, Chardonnay from its Burgundian homeland produces some of the most remarkable and longest lived examples. California produces both oaky, buttery styles and leaner, European-inspired wines. Somm Secret—The Burgundian subregion of Chablis, while typically using older oak barrels, produces a bright style similar to the unoaked style. Anyone who doesn't like oaky Chardonnay would likely enjoy Chablis.
Extending into the sea from just south of the city of Melbourne to form Port Philip Bay in the southern state of Victoria, the Mornington Peninsula grape growing region naturally has a cool, maritime climate. A wide range of soils and topographic variations support a large diversity of wine styles within the small headland.