2018 Bellwether Tamar Valley Chardonnay

Premium Chardonnay from Tasmania crafted by the deft hands of Sue Bell.
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Bellwether chief, Sue Bell, works with a range of growers and vineyards, with this complex premium Chardonnay coming from the Tamar Valley in Tasmania.

Sue is an excellent winemaker, and what small volumes of her wines she does make are done so with the utmost care and precision. This is a wonderful Chardonnay - very much a 'modern' Australian style.

It's a wine built on amazing natural acidity, allowing the wine to age gracefully and needing an extended time in bottle before release. It was worth the wait.

It's pure, powerful and long, with impeccable balance and structure - one for the Chardonnay purists!

Bellwether returns to the heart and soul of winemaking, hand pruned, handpicked, whole bunched pressed, indigenous yeast and french oak... paying respect to the ancient terroir I am fortunate to work with. Enjoy with great food!


A tingly, mineral, disprin like freshness - taut and fine. One for aging or can be enjoyed now as a fine example of cold climate Tasmanian Chardonnay.

94 points - "Spicy seasoning on peach and nectarine with some pink grapefruit and ginger biscuit notes. Succulent in texture, a rub of chalky pucker in there, lots of tangy juice amongst the more stone fruit-leaning fruit characters. Feels complex, layered, potent and yet refreshing at the same time. It does fancy chardy very well. Pedigree gear." - Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)

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    Evelyn
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    3 years ago
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    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
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    This is a 'wow' wine from a brilliant producer. Subtle, complex and beautifully refined. Eminently enjoyable!

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