2023 Apricus Hill Chardonnay

12 bottles

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This Chardonnay has been made with only the “free run” juice – the first run, finest quality juice without the bitterness and phenolics associated with the grape skin. The juice was fermented in new and second use French oak 500 litre puncheons with some grape solids giving the wine a complex savoury note. It matured in oak for 9 months.

Color: Color is a bright clear steely white with youthful green hues.

Palate: Nectarine and mandarin are complemented by a textured savoury mid palate with hints of melon and spicy vanillin oak leading to a long crisp grapefruit finish.

Nose: A vibrant lifted nose of citrus and stone fruits with savoury cashew notes and hints of gunflint and toasty French oak.

This wine will improve with up to 10 years careful cellaring.

RRP: $480.00

Bottle RRP: $40.00

$420.00 for 12 bottles

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94 pts - Jeni Port (Wine Pilot)

Top-shelf chardonnay from the West. Maybe it’s the vintage or the winemaking, but the ’23 offers a finer specimen of a Chardonnay than the previous release I tasted. Note to winemaker: keep it going! There’s a lemon theme happening here from the lemon bright hues through to the summery scents of lemon, grapefruit zest, white peach and nectarine. A seamless entry of fruit on the palate, full of character with a distinctive thread of nougat and almond and grilled nuts. Crisp, assertive, and featuring an undercurrent of light texture, it finishes with good length and balance. Can take some further time in bottle, too.

94 pts - Kim Brebach (BWU20)

The wine was barrel-fermented in 500L French Oak puncheons, and stored on lees with occasional stirring. The fruits are nectarines and melons with a twist of grapefruit, backed by some nutty, toasty oak. Again there’s a touch of cream on the palate from the malolactic fermentation, a secondary fermentation that converts malic acid to the softer lactic acid. A chardy of finesse and complexity. There’s more in the tank as well.

Additional information

Country of origin

Australia

Region

Great Southern

Variety

Chardonnay

Producer

Apricus Hill

Vintage

2023

Quantity

Dozens

Bottle size

750ml

Bottle closure

Screwcap

Alc./Vol. %

13.5

RRP

480.00

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