-
96
/ 100
Angus Hughson -
95
/ 100
Gary Walsh -
95
/ 100
James Suckling -
95
/ 100
Jane Faulkner
White
Classification
Chardonnay
Variety
2022
Vintage
750ml (Bottle)
Bottle Size
Australia
Country
Western Australia, Margaret River
Region
13.0%
Alcohol %
10-15 Years
Cellaring
Scores
96 / 100"Intense grapefruit, nectarine, flinty aromas and flavours. Classical Margaret River Chardonnay with abundant grapefruit, stone fruit flavours, fine chalky textures, superb mid palate richness, some now oak nuances and well integrated quartz-like acidity. Al dente at the finish with persistent flinty notes. Very much in the zeitgeist."
- Angus Hughson
95 / 100
"This has a cool bright character, but it delivers a good amount of Chardonnay flavour too. Lime and grapefruit, white nectarine, flowers and basil, a little cinnamon pastry richness. It has some gloss, but also fine flinty texture, cashew and lime, a slight parmesan rind savoury thing, with a tight and juicy finish of excellent length. It’s all just so, and so very nice to drink."
- Gary Walsh
95 / 100
"This is perfumed, offering notes of white peaches, sliced lemons, lily flowers, white almonds, crushed stones and lemon custard. Medium- to full-bodied, with silky, seamless texture and refreshing mineral backbone. Hints of spicy lemons and sea salt. Bright, citrusy and full of life. Lingering and textural. Drink or hold. Screw cap."
- James Suckling
95 / 100
"There’s always an intensity of fruit flavour but not at the expense of complexity or, in this instance, lots of savoury inputs. Flinty and a little funky with fennel and radish, and yes, stone fruit and citrus in the mix. It is chardonnay, after all. A neat layer of nutty lees, creamy, too, spicy, cedary oak neatly tucked in and the fine acid line that ties everything up ever so neatly."
- Jane Faulkner
Tasting Notes
2022 was a truly exceptional vintage in Margaret River. The season started beautifully with a wet spring and late flowering, followed by a warm and dry season. Fruit was hand-picked from a small vineyard site in Karridale and left overnight in a cool room before being whole bunch pressed on a long, gentle cycle. The juice was racked straight to oak hogshead and puncheons for wild fermentation. The oak regime used was 30% new. This wine did not undergo malolactic fermentation and bâttonage was only used when necessary
Pale gold in colour with a light green rim. Brimming with grapefruit, white peach, oak nuances and a flinty minerality. The palate is textural with a vibrant, linear acidity. Sliced lemons, almonds, sea salt and nectarine alongside savoury fennel frond and oak-driven complexity. – Deep Woods Estate
Karridale Chardonnay, and I reckon 2022 was a very good year for Chardonnay down south.
Tasting Profile
- Light
- Full
- Low Tannin
- Tannic
- Sweet
- Dry
- Low Acidity
- High Acidity