2021 Dappled Appellation Chardonnay

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Delicious, full-flavoured yet perfectly poised Yarra Valley Chardonnay. One of the best buys in the region.

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If you like Yarra Valley Chardonnay, we've got a live one for you here.

It's not often you find a focused, flavour packed, handmade Chardonnay for these dollars but that's exactly what winemaker Shaun Crinion has delivered. This is made using the same methodology as his premium single vineyard wines, with no corners cut. All that considered, the value is ridiculous.

It's a whole lot of wine crammed into the bottle at the price. This is a benchmark for 'entry-level' Chardonnay in the Yarra Valley and it's never available for long!

The wine displays beautifully complex aromatics of orchard flowers, yuzu and citrus, grilled hazelnuts with a whiff of smokey oak. The palate is creamy and textured with intense ruby red grapefruit acidity driving all through the wine - it's delicate and weighty at the same time. It finishes with creamy lemon curd and oak spice.

All fruit is hand-picked and cooled overnight, followed by whole bunches being lightly crushed by foot before a long pressing when the un-sulphured juice is transferred straight to oak. The oak is a combination of 80% old and 20% new French Barriques, Puncheons and Demi-Muids. Ferments are allowed to start naturally (wild) and complete with no temperature control. The wine is not battonaged and left on lees for 10 months where some MLF may have occurred, but not encouraged, and SO2 is added when the wine is ready for it. The wine is lightly filtered before being bottled un-fined.

93 Points - "This has the intensity to satisfy but really it's about the line and then the length. Cool nectarine, cooked apple, nashi pear and sweet herb notes come run through with hay, cedar, wet concrete and (as whispers) fennel. It doesn't yet have a great deal of flesh but it will build it; already it feels incredibly seamless and composed. Leave this alone for a couple of years, it's on its way to a beautiful place." - Campbell Mattinson (The Wine Front)

91 Points - "A very cool and crisp chardonnay that's still a bit tight and closed, but with good, crisp pear and green-apple character. Quite lean and slight austere at the finish, but with plenty of aeration a touch of nutty aroma develops. Drink or hold. Screw cap." - JamesSuckling.com

96 Points - Top 100 Wines of 2022 - "Apart from Dappled's usual minimal SO2 (nothing else added) declaration, this is an impeccably balanced and pure chardonnay that has highlighted the opening of the peacock's tail on its soaring finish. White peach, pink grapefruit and cashew provide the flavour." - James Halliday (The Weekend Australian)

Dappled Wines

Dappled owner/winemaker Shaun Crinion has a mountain of winemaking experience from around the globe, culminating with the establishment of a label all of his own.

Shaun's focus is on expressing the sub-regionality of the Yarra Valley through simply gorgeous Pinot Noir and Chardonnay and a growing range of experimental wines.

With the combination of Shaun's A-grade fruit from the Yarra's top growers and his precise, astute winemaking, the value on offer in the Dappled range is second to none.

He was James Halliday's Best New Winery in 2018. The wines have only stepped in quality since then though the modest pricing remains the same. Unsurprisingly, his wines sell out in short order each year. He's now regarded as one of the best small-scale producers in the modern Yarra Valley.

Winemaker Shaun Crinion - Yarra Valley, VIC Dappled Wines

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