2020 Murdoch Hill Artisan Series The Rocket Chardonnay
Adelaide Hills, SA
Michael Downer's highly-rated and extremely limited flagship Chardonnay.
$85.00
Out of Stock
About The Wine
"The ferment took off like a Rocket," says Michael Downer, "One foudre (large format barrel) just went wild so we've bottled it separately this year." And thus The Rocket was launched.
This is the fourth release of this blistering, laser-focused Chardonnay from Murdoch Hill, which is now all sourced from the Piccadilly Valley. It's a bit richer and bolder than previous releases, which were incredibly tight and taut in their early days.
It's still elegant, of course, but is initially more welcoming with grapefruit, apple skin and a good minerally edge. Stunning stuff.
About Murdoch Hill
Murdoch Hill is a family-owned winery captained by talented young winemaker Michael Downer.
Downer splits the range in two: his clean-cut, consistently high-quality ‘Estate’ wines are excellent value and perpetually reliable, and his quirky, adventurous ‘Artisan’ wines which offer an alt-styling and different shades of the region.
With the combination of high-quality Adelaide Hills fruit grown on the family estate and the undoubted talent in the winery, this is a Hills producer on the up and up!
Oakbank, SA
From The Producer
Sourced from the best selection of vineyards in the Piccadilly Valley.
A driven elegant wine, displaying trademark Adelaide Hills natural acidity and purity. Showing white flowers, complex citrus characters and a fine mineral finish.
Blend : Chardonnay (100%)
ABV : 13.50%
Closure : Screw Cap
Drink Until : 2028
Bottle Size : 750ml
Adelaide Hills, SA
Critic Reviews
"Bolder expression of The Rocket, lots of flavour, lots of impact.Cinnamon and clove spice, cedar and tobacco, apple, green melon, wet slate going on. Flinty flecks through green apple, cinnamon spice and vanilla with faint smoky notes. Big mouthful of wine with powerful spine of acidity. The finish is a little firm and smoky. Tightly packed, complex, and structured. Impressive. Feels very fancy." - Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)
"A best vineyard and best barrel selection from the Piccadilly Valley, whole-berry pressed, wild fermented and matured 10 months in more than 50% new oak. In estate style, this is as elegant a chardonnay as you could imagine, with all the elements interwoven, no spikes, no edges. A whiff of oak at the start, but that's it, no other intrusion. The whole is all the parts treated equally. Let it find greater style over the next 2–5 years." - Tony Love (Halliday Wine Companion)
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