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Bannockburn Chardonnay 2022

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Bannockburn Chardonnay 2022
Producer Bannockburn
Region, Country Geelong, Australia
Bottle Size 750ml
Case Size 6
Product Code 22096-750

There can’t be many Victorian Chardonnays with a track record as impressive as Bannockburn’s. The quality and style on offer can be traced back to the estate’s exceptional, organically farmed sites, the Olive Tree Hill Vineyard (planted in 1976 and abutting the S.R.H parcel) and Winery Block (1981), both on volcanic soils over limestone clays with an average vine age of around 35 years. Recently, the Estate Chardonnay has also included fruit from the Kelly Lane Vineyard (Clone 76), and this release also includes a small component from Stuart’s Block. Whole-bunch pressed and settled overnight, the juice was then wild-fermented in a mixture of 500-litre French oak hogsheads and puncheons (20% new), with 70% undergoing malolactic. The wine spent 10 months on lees with no stirring.

An exceptional release that strikes a mouth-watering balance between fruit weight, tensile acidity and supple texture. Stone fruit flavours are complemented by richer characters and balanced by crystalline freshness, tangy grip and a lengthy, complex finish. Such a detailed and refined release.

Bannockburn Chardonnay 2022

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Reviews

“Pure fruit, perfect balance, lots of length. It will need time to build complexity but everything here appears to be in excellent working order. Pear, apple, grapefruit and white peach flavours come littered with seashells and smoky, cedarwood oak. Nothing is overdone; everything glides along.”
94 points, Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front
The thing that strikes you about this wine is its vibrancy and harmony. It has pure, thrilling, ripe Meyer-lemony fruit, a seamless hint of barely discernible oak, effortlessly woven into the flowing structure. Very, very good Chardonnay.
18 points, Max Allen, JancisRobinson.com
“Fruit from four vineyard blocks planted between 1976 and 2016; hand picked, whole-bunch pressed, wild-yeast fermented in French hogsheads and puncheons (20% new); 10 months' maturation. Fills the mouth with velvety richness (70% mlf doubtless the source), and sweeps you up into its folds. Very well pitched and structured.”
96 points, James Halliday, The Wine Companion

Reviews

“Pure fruit, perfect balance, lots of length. It will need time to build complexity but everything here appears to be in excellent working order. Pear, apple, grapefruit and white peach flavours come littered with seashells and smoky, cedarwood oak. Nothing is overdone; everything glides along.”
94 points, Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front
The thing that strikes you about this wine is its vibrancy and harmony. It has pure, thrilling, ripe Meyer-lemony fruit, a seamless hint of barely discernible oak, effortlessly woven into the flowing structure. Very, very good Chardonnay.
18 points, Max Allen, JancisRobinson.com
“Fruit from four vineyard blocks planted between 1976 and 2016; hand picked, whole-bunch pressed, wild-yeast fermented in French hogsheads and puncheons (20% new); 10 months' maturation. Fills the mouth with velvety richness (70% mlf doubtless the source), and sweeps you up into its folds. Very well pitched and structured.”
96 points, James Halliday, The Wine Companion

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