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Patricia Chardonnay 2023

95 points Halliday Wine Companion

Minimum order of 1 case or 6 bottles (Mixed or straight)

The Patricia Chardonnay is the pinnacle of our portfolio harnessing the best Chardonnay from cool climate Tasmania. The fruit is handpicked from our premium vineyards, whole bunch pressed and barrel fermented, all processes designed to make a complex style with amazing balance. 

Tasting Notes

The Patricia Chardonnay is an elegant wine that balances natural acidity with complexity and ripe stone fruit flavours. Crafted from our best blocks in the Tamar Valley, it showcases delightful notes of white peach and citrus. This wine offers an elegant profile with mineral characters and a long finish. It displays a harmonious balance of acidity, oak, and layers of intrigue.

Food Pairings

For the summer months the Patricia Chardonnay would be perfect with lightly fried white bait with a lemon mayonnaise dipping sauce. During winter try it with lobster and a lime and coriander butter. 

  • 95 points

  • 1x Gold

Notes

  • 95 Points

    Dave Brookes, Halliday Wine Companion • 24/02/2025

    Chardonnay sourced from the Tamar Valley and East Coast. Plenty of flavour concentration in the '23 release with ripe nectarine, white peach and citrus fruits with hints of white flowers, nougat, light, cashewy oak, sea spray, crushed stone, lemon zest and crème fraîche. There is a wonderful clarity and drive with brisk saline cadence tightening things up on the palate and the lightest textural slinkiness. The wine finishes with pure citrus and stone fruits with a vapour trail of soft spice, grilled nuts and stone.

All components completed fermentation in barrels on full solids and with natural yeast to add complexity. The wine underwent full malolactic fermentation to add a further layer of interest and also to reduce the high levels of natural acidity of the vintage. The wine spent 11 months in a combination of new (33%) and seasoned French oak barriques with the lees continually stirred to ensure complexity and refinement.

Vineyard RegionTasmania
Wine AnalysisAlc/Vol: 12%
Colour

A vibrant straw colour with a slight green hue.

Aroma

The nose is complex with aromas of stone fruits, cashews, citrus and pear.

Palate

The palate is elegant with mineral characters, struck match complexity and incredible length. It is a crisp wine with well balanced acidity, oak, and layers of intrigue.

Peak Drinking

2028 - 2032

Growing Conditions

The 2023 vintage was very similar to 2022. Cool spring and rain through December to February kept the vineyard team busy. By late February
and into March things started to clear with warm temperatures during the days and cool nights helping to retain acidity. This led to small bunches of
beautifully flavoursome chardonnay.