Description / Reviews
"Fruit for the 2024 Hutton Reserve Margaret River Chardonnay was sourced from the Wildberry Springs vineyard in Wilyabrup. The Gin Gin and clone 3 and 5 grapes were hand picked in January, chilled overnight, then gently whole-bunch pressed. The free run juice and light pressings were fermented naturally with wild yeasts in French barriques (22% new) and malolactic fermentation was encouraged. The wine was matured for 8 months in barrel with minimal battonage. Bottling was in December and 221 cases were produced." - Hutton Wines, Winemaker
"Gracefully opulent and immensely complex, the wine shows golden peach, grapefruit, fig, vanilla, and cedar characters with a hint of savoury pastry. The palate has power as well as poise, displaying richly textured mouthfeel backed by perfectly pitched acidity with a superbly long, expansive finish. A sublime chardonnay with a majestic presence. At its best: 2027 to 2041 - 98 Points, Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
"There’s chardonnay and then there’s chardonnay like this. This is an electrifying white wine with fanfare and fireworks in abundance. It’s flinty and taut, aflame with grapefruit, white peach, citrus and apple flavour, and comes rippled with characters of woodsmoke, pebbles, cedar-spice, fennel and gun smoke. The flint notes here add plenty of drama and flare, but the tension and power of the fruit are what makes this wine so special. This is Margaret River Chardonnay at its extreme best." - 97 Points, Campbell Mattinson
"Power, poise, and persistence, that’s what you’re getting in this deluxe Chardonnay from a vintage that produced some quite marvelous examples of this variety from Margaret River. The nose has a slightly gun flint-like character, with a faint struck match influence. Notes of butterscotch and honeycomb, deep stone fruit, cashew, and a chalky acidity combine on a deeply intense and powerfully penetrating palate. There’s plenty of grunt in this wine, but it delivers with focus and refinement, and great control." - 96 Points, Ray Jordan, Wine Pilot
