“Hand-picked, whole bunch-pressed, 16 months in French barriques (15% new). Gleaming green-gold, this is a beautifully detailed and elegant wine repaying the constant vigilance in the vineyard during the growing season; the counterpoise between grapefruit and stone fruit flavours is perfect, as is the oak integration.”
96 points, James Halliday
Wine Companion
“Bright, light yellow colour. Smoky, toasty barrel-ferment oak and possibly a little low-level sulfide to sniff. Peach and nectarine, too. Smells rich and ripe, not like a wine from a cold, wet year. Very intense, fine and piercing on the palate. Superb acidity and great line and length. Excellent. Full of potential.”
96 points, Huon Hooke
The Real Review
“An excellent show of power, persistence and overall finesse. A top-notch wine with complexity in spades. Needs time to integrate properly but the way this lingers in the mouth is an experience to behold. Grapefruit, sweet preserved lemons, oatmeal and creamy, toasty oak. The finish is smoky, minerally, cheesy. Love the way it combines fruit power and funk, oomph and finesse. A prime contender for Best Curly Flat Chardonnay yet.”
95 points, Campbell Mattinson
The Real Review
Our truly cool climate ensures an sublime, yet complex expression of Chardonnay that speaks with purity of time and place.
Bouquet
A nose that is both subtle, yet complex. Fresh cut lime opens the scene with white peach, grapefruit and floral notes following in support. Oak elements are in harmony with the fruit, providing a fine thread of spice which weaves elegantly into the more savoury elements of lightly toasted cashews, oyster shell & fresh straw.
Palate
At once lithe and luxurious, refreshing acid chimes throughout the lime, white peach and nectarine fruit wave. Savoury layers are formed by lees contact and balanced oak spice giving further density and dimension. A finely textured raft of silky tannins gracefully carries all elements to a long and lingering finish.
Cellaring
This wine has only just begun its journey, one we expect to take 10 to 12 years. Whilst drinking well now, all elements will be served for the better by the added layers that bottle age will undoubtedly deliver.
How is this drinking now?
Plenty of power left, with deep layers of both preserved primary fruits with good oak and malo support. Bright acidity still shines from the cooler year and is in very good drinking space. Drink 2020-2023.
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Curly Flat
263 Collivers Road, Lancefield
Victoria 3435 Australia
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