2024 Coldstream Hills Yarra Valley Chardonnay

Sourced from hillside sloping vineyards in the Lower and Upper Yarra Valley, the grapes are pressed using gentle handling techniques. Coldstream Hills Chardonnay is barrel fermented and matured in French oak barrels for up to nine months prior to blending and bottling. The Upper Yarra Chardonnay generally provides attractive citrus characters, with mineral slate notes and length; the Lower Yarra is often fleshier in style with attractive white peach and quince characters. Blending of parcels from both regions results in wines of complexity, varietal definition, and length.

NOSE - An attractive array of lemon barley, grapefruit pith and nougat are underpinned by flinty mineral slate, white florals and hints of preserved lemon. French oak is seamless and supportive.

NOSE - Fine, textural and pure with lemon/lime characters supported by subtle French oak and wet slate mineral. Predominantly sourced from the cooler Upper Yarra, the palate displays the region’s characteristic crystalline acidity, aromatics and length of flavour.

FOOD MATCH - Chicken dishes, pasta salads and seafood.