2016 Garagiste Merricks Chardonnay
Mornington Peninsula, VIC
A power-packed Chardonnay from Garagiste. "Straight to the pool room"!
$42.00
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About The Wine
Now here's a Chardy! Garagiste is a top flight Mornington Peninsula producer and year after year this is one of the better Chardonnays the region has to offer.
It comes from the high altitude, cooler Merricks vineyard, with the warmer 2016 vintage providing a real generosity and oomph to the natural acidity and structure the site provides.
It's a power-packed Chardonnay, and as Campbell Mattinson said in his glowing 96 point review, "Straight to the pool room with this one."
About Garagiste
Garagiste is the brainchild of Barnaby Flanders.
After leaving Allies Wines in 2003 he embarked on a mission to produce small batch premium Pinot Noir and Chardonnay under his own label in his beloved Mornington Peninsula.
Barney loves the sub-regionality to be exploited in Mornington Peninsula, the slight alterations in aspect and soil profile within this small wine producing region provide him with the scaffolding around which he builds his stunning harem of small batch wines.
They are only ever made in small quantities so time is of the essence if you want to explore the world of Garagiste.
Photo Credit: Pinot Palooza
From The Producer
Picked on 2nd March, this gorgeous expression of Mornington Chardonnay hails from the south-facing Merricks Grove vineyard where the grey sandy loams are marbled with red ironstone. Up here, the altitude and coastal breezes seem to compress the wines' fruit, leaving a more coiled mouth feel while ironstone soils gift a more mineral-noted wine than this producer's Tuerong Chardonnay.
Hand harvested, hand sorted and whole bunch pressed. Natural fermentation on high solids. Partial malolactic fermentation bolsters the wine's satiny texture, but the fine, natural acidity and mineral freshness remind us of its cool climate origins. Barrel fermented in 500-litre puncheons (20% new François Frères), the wine is matured on lees for 10 months before bottling.
Blend : Chardonnay (100%)
Closure : Screw cap
Drink Until : 2030
Bottle Size : 750ml
Mornington Peninsula, VIC
Critic Reviews
"This is right up there. It has that extra edge. It tastes of grapefruit and fig, spice and mineral – and a few other things besides – but it’s set apart by the intensity, the polish, the exclamation mark of the finish. Straight to the pool room with this one." - Campbell Mattinson (The Wine Front)
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