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Garagiste Merricks Chardonnay 2022

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Garagiste Merricks Chardonnay 2022
Producer Garagiste
Region, Country Mornington Peninsula, Australia
Bottle Size 750ml
Case Size 12
Product Code 21736-750

The Merricks Chardonnay, from 26-year-old vines grown on soils of grey loams and red ferrosols on south and south-east facing slopes, was hand-harvested and hand-sorted before it was whole-bunch pressed. Fermentation was natural with high levels of solids in François Frères 500-litre puncheons (20% new). A small portion went through natural malolactic fermentation and the wine then rested on full gross lees for nine months before bottling. Flanders seeks out slow and long lees interaction, choosing extended, gentle contact over bâtonnage for all his Chardonnays.

Garagiste Merricks Chardonnay 2022

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Reviews

“It never ceases to amaze me, when tasting lots of wine, to come across one – or several, as is the case of this producer and think, these wines are made for drinking right now. As in, I need to drink them right now. Lovely to do so. This is pristine, refined and long. Citrus, radish and just-ripe white stone fruit with succulence throughout. White miso and creamy lees, textural and acidity leading all the way.”
96 points, Jane Faulkner, winecompanion.com.au
“In some respects, you could say the more expensive Terre Maritime is the ‘better’ wine, though I kind of prefer the comeliness and flavour presented here. Lime, grapefruit, green mango, cedar, aniseed and spice, almond. It’s tight, juicy in mixed citrus and subtle tropical fruit, lots of flint and chalk and pippy grip to acidity, tang and zest, cool cucumber and citrus acidity, slightly peppery, with some struck match complexity, and a long savoury finish. Excellent.”
95 points, Gary Walsh, Wine Front

Reviews

“It never ceases to amaze me, when tasting lots of wine, to come across one – or several, as is the case of this producer and think, these wines are made for drinking right now. As in, I need to drink them right now. Lovely to do so. This is pristine, refined and long. Citrus, radish and just-ripe white stone fruit with succulence throughout. White miso and creamy lees, textural and acidity leading all the way.”
96 points, Jane Faulkner, winecompanion.com.au
“In some respects, you could say the more expensive Terre Maritime is the ‘better’ wine, though I kind of prefer the comeliness and flavour presented here. Lime, grapefruit, green mango, cedar, aniseed and spice, almond. It’s tight, juicy in mixed citrus and subtle tropical fruit, lots of flint and chalk and pippy grip to acidity, tang and zest, cool cucumber and citrus acidity, slightly peppery, with some struck match complexity, and a long savoury finish. Excellent.”
95 points, Gary Walsh, Wine Front

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