Single Vineyard Range
Celest Vineyard Chardonnay
Variety: Chardonnay 100%
Vineyard: Celest Vineyard
Region: Broke-Fordwich, Hunter Valley
Tasting Note
Planted in 1988 into alluvial soils washed down from the ancient sandstone hills bounding the southern wall of the vineyard, in the Broke valley.
Full of vivid freshness, energy and precision, showing lifted reductive accents of struck-match plus undercurrent aromas of crushed oyster shell. The main fruit florals are of acacia-flower, rockmelon, ripe white peach and soft yellow fig, plus warmer scents of honey, vanilla and biscotti.
Flavours are fine framed and direct, fleshy peach opens to musk melon, giving delicious fruit length and persistence with a positive crisp fullness throughout and a tang of crunchy red apple towards the finish. Satin-soft barrel spices give lovely harmony with textural yeast-lees creaminess, subtle notes of almond-meal and shortbread. Acidity is tightly wound with beautiful lift, showing the crystalline flavours of the sea, bright with clear-cut minerality.
A trophy winner at the Hunter Valley wine show, so drink some now and cellar the rest, either way it’s a very classy wine.
Drink: Now – 2030
Limited edition – only 244 dozen made
93 pts Halliday Wine Companion
Trophy at Hunter Valley Wine Show
95 points The Real Review
Technical Data
Alc: 13.0
pH: 3.18
TA: 6.9
