Tolpuddle Chardonnay 2018 (6x75cl)
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The soil is a composition of silica over sandstone, ensuring well-balanced vines producing excellent aromatic complexity and intensity. When Martin Shaw and Michael Hill Smith MW bought the Tolpuddle Vineyard in 2011, it was clear to them that this terroir had the potential to produce some of the finest cool-climate wines in Australia.
This is the mission Shaw and Smith have been committed to for almost a decade, and with the 2018 releases it is clear that they have achieved their goal.
Hand-picked, whole-bunch pressed, fermented in French oak barrels with limited stirring. The bouquet and palate send the same message of perfectly captured white stone fruits, then apple and grapefruit. An irresistible wine with spectacular length
Drinking Window: 2019 - 2033
Reviewer Name: James Halliday
Review Date: 1st November 2019
An exceptional chardonnay with a wealth of very fresh and slightly flinty lemon, grapefruit, white-peach and grilled-hazelnut aromas. The palate has such grace and well-defined, pure lemon and grapefruit, as well as white and yellow peaches. The toasted-hazelnut afterglow is stunning. Hints of praline, too. So elegant, pristine and pure. Exceptional. Drink or hold.
Pale, green-tinged yellow. Fresh honeydew, Meyer lemon, pear and toasted brioche on the highly perfumed, mineral-accented nose. Bright and penetrating in the mouth, offering densely packed yet nervy citrus and orchard fruit flavors braced by a spine of juicy acidity. Shows really impressive energy and minerally bite on the clinging finish, which features a sexy floral quality and a hint of oyster shell.
Drinking Window: 2022 - 2028
Reviewer Name: Josh Raynolds
Review Date: 1st September 2022