Winemaker Notes
Vasse Felix 2021 Chardonnay is a pale straw with a green and golden tinge. On the nose, hints of honey dew, white peach and pear are surrounded by lemon curd, bread dough and fresh straw. The complexities of limestone dust, fresh spring grass and chamomile add the typical savory, flinty, wild component. Immediately crisp on the palate, with bright acidity and a fresh plump fruit line. It has an appealing chalky mouthfeel with a wonderful dry finish. A nutmeg custard and pear perfume remains. Super structured Chardonnay.
Blend: 100% Chardonnay
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
Vasse’s middle-tier wines once again shine in terms of value for money. Classic Margaret River, this is a fruit-forward Chard that leads with notes of peach cobbler and melon rind. It’s underpinned by subtle but present toast and lees notes like cream, brioche, flint and oyster shell. A zing of acidity first hits the mouth. It’s rounded by a creamy texture. While there is enough structure, length and pose for this to cellar.
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James Suckling
Fresh and creamy with aromas of white grapefruit, thyme, lemons, sourdough and hazelnuts. Medium-bodied with beautiful depth of ripe citrus and stone fruit and a lengthy, creamy finish. Drink now or hold.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2021 Chardonnay is mealy, svelte and fine, polished, seamless, lovely and classy. 12.5% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.
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Wine Spectator
Offers a hint of salted butter that mingles with lemon meringue, toasted brioche and baked apple flavors, showing nice intensity on a juicy frame, with a creamy, supple texture and spice accents on the finish. Drink now. 4,500 cases made, 150 cases imported.
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.
Home to some of Australia’s most elegant and long-lived red and white wines, Margaret River is situated in the farthest reaches of Western Australia. Relatively warm and dry, the region is cooled by breezes from the Indian Ocean. Margaret River takes some inspiration from Bordeaux, producing top-quality Cabernet Sauvignons and Bordeaux Blends with firm structure, mouthwatering acidity, balanced alcohol and notes of herbs and spice. For white wines, refreshing blends of Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon as well as complex, age-worthy Chardonnays are regional specialties.