Description / Reviews
"As you can probably guess from the name of this wine, the first four letters have a bit of an influence on my white wine consumption from time to time. I love textured whites, long lees contact, low sulphur, salty things, oxidative things, boundary pushing things, things that don’t make sense but do make good sense… if you know what I mean. I've always had a bit of a fascination with the wines from the Jura & natural leaning burgundy producers as well as all the ones in the middle. Again this season I decided to keep my barrels topped up on a more relaxed schedule to gain some oxidative/texture. 12 months in barrel full malo, full lees contact with no interference, once racked from barrel it spends a further 3 months resting in tank prior to estate bottling." - Winemaker Notes
"So it’s a topped up chardonnay from Tarrington in Victoria, but the gist is there is influence from Jura-made wines that see more relaxed topping up to encourage positive oxidative influences in the wine. Also rests on unstirred lees for its time in barrel. And it is indeed Jura-like, per se. Not as intense as many from there, but clear and clean chardonnay fruit characters of just-ripe stone fruit, lime, green apple, then this wash of sea spray and briny minerality that feels oh so moreish and refreshing. Tightly wound yet medium weight too, almost crunchy, salted peanut elements and a touch of fino sherry character. A sluice of juicy acidity to finish with a trail, again, of brine and saline character. Far out. I love this. Pitch perfect complex chardonnay of a distinct style." - 96 Points, Mike Bennie, The Wine Front
