Tolpuddle - Chardonnay 2023 (750ml)
Tolpuddle - Chardonnay 2023 (750ml)
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2023 VINTAGE
Our coolest season on record. Slightly unsettled flowering thanks to a wetter than average spring resulted in mild ‘Hen and Chicken’, giving a combination of small and normal sized berries, and much lighter bunches than normal.
Low yields benefitted from drier conditions for the remainder of the ripening period, ensuring fruit was harvested in pristine condition.
PALATE
Lifted aromas of orange blossom and white jasmine are hallmarks of a cooler season. The palate is powerful, layered and textured with grapefruit, lemon pith and minerality.
Low yield flavour intensity is balanced with electric acidity.
WINEMAKING
All fruit was hand-picked, whole bunch pressed, and fermented in French oak. The wine spent ten months in barrel with gentle stirring as required, then rested in tank on lees for a further four months.
SERVING
Ideal serving temperature: 12–15°C
CELLARING
Will repay careful cellaring for up to 12 years
MELBOURNE ROYAL WINE SHOW AWARDS 2024
97 POINTS, GOLD MEDAL
BEST TASMANIAN CHARDONNAY TROPHY
BEST CHARDONNAY TROPHY
THE FRANCOIS DE CASTELLA TROPHY FOR BEST YOUNG WHITE
The 2023 Tolpuddle Vineyard Chardonnay has lifted aromas of orange blossom and white jasmine which are the hallmarks of a cooler season. The palate is powerful, layered and textured with grapefruit, lemon pith and minerality. All fruit was hand-picked, whole bunch pressed and fermented MCs 12 in French oak. The wine spent ten months in barrel with gentle stirring as required, then rested in tank on lees for a further four months.
ANDREW CAILLARD MW
THE VINTAGE JOURNAL
96 POINTS
Pale colour. Intense and fresh ripe nectarine, white peach aromas with honey/ marzipan notes. Richly flavoured and generous wine with ample stonefruit, grilled nut notes, fine chalky textures, lovely creamy mid-palate and fresh long mineral acidity. A hint of butterscotch at the finish. Delicious and expressive chardonnay with a retro-modern taste that will not disappoint.
STANTEH WALE
WINE PILOT
98 POINTS
The 2022 vintage will be very hard act follow, I tell myself, as I brace for disappointment. And then it hits like a vampire smelling its prey, pupils dilate and I am utterly captivated. Perfectly ripe lemons, peach sorbet and fresh linen billowing on the hills hoist. Whipped meringue cream, honeysuckle and bee pollen. Oak? What oak, yes it is there, with arches of cinnamon, fresh sawdust and hazelnut praline. But the fruit, oh the fruit reins supreme! It tickles the corners of your palate just where it should. Provides ample natural acidity and clean young almond milk creaminess on the finish. There is shale and river stone and the under current of not quite fathomable things, all at work to make you beg for another glass. With two wines that are so totally convincing, the magic of the Tolpuddle vineyard is real. Drink with prawn Har Gow dumplings and die happy.
DAVE BROOKES
HALLIDAY WINE COMPANION
98 POINTS
It seems a gross understatement to say that Tolpuddle has been in fine form as of late, but they have knocked it out the park again with this release from the cooler ‘23 vintage. The palest of straw in the glass, the aromas crisp and filigreed. Citrus, white peach and nectarine cut with glorious wisps of struck match and flinty complexity. Grilled hazelnuts, deftly-judged vanillin oak, lardo, white flowers, crushed riverstone, clotted cream and sea spray. The wine envelops the imbiber; flavours precise and pure with an umami-rich, mineral cadence, dreamy texture and daubs of spiced oatmeal, grilled peaches and flint. The finish is sustained, the only thing unresolved the need for another (larger?) bottle. An outstanding Australian chardonnay.
HUON HOOKE
THE REAL REVIEW
97 POINTS
Bright medium-light yellow colour; smoky charcuterie, struck flint and toasted hazelnuts to sniff. The wine is intense, focused and very long on the palate. Piercing lemon/citrus flavours, fresh and balanced acidity driving it long and promising a big future if cellared, although it’s a great drink right now. An outstanding chardonnay
Shipping & Delivery Policy
Shipping & Delivery Policy
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