2021 Dominique Portet Single Vineyard Chardonnay

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Complex Chardonnay with lime, citrus and stonefruit with a delicious lick of reductive gun smoke.
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This comes from a single site in the Upper Yarra, three hundred metres off the Valley floor where the vines enjoy cooler nights and a lengthened growing season.

The fruit is picked relatively early in order to capitalise on that inherent freshness and to preserve a citrus driven fruit profile with lime and stone fruit in the background. Deft handling of lees and French puncheons adds texture and this is simply another great chardonnay.

The Portets showing their expertise in the region once again.

The hand-picked fruit was gently pressed in whole bunches to tank and then fermented in French oak puncheons (25% new). The cool, wet year ensured we had plenty crisp acidity and purity with lots of citrus characters and drive. To help accentuate weight and mouthfeel, we allowed the wine to go through a slightly higher than usual amount of malolactic fermentation (35%) - helping us soften acidity while adding complexity and depth. After ten months of barrel ageing with a proportion of less stirring to add more weight and texture, the wine was transferred to tank for two months for settling before we bottled it.

With a constant eye on the skies and the vineyards, our decision to pick early had us produce a Chardonnay with freshness and poise, showing bright fruit, plenty of lime, citrus characters and saline-like minerality. Lees stirring and a good proportion going through malo in French oak added pleasant hazelnut and spice notes. The restrained nature of this vintage would benefit from a bit of time in the cellar to integrate and broaden slightly.

97 Points - "From a high-elevation, steeply sloping Upper Yarra vineyard of red, volcanic soils planted to Bernard/Dijon clones. A chardonnay of elegance and finesse, with all the focus on the fruit (balance the key) and the length that is the Yarra Valley birthmark." - James Halliday (Halliday Wine Companion)

95 Points - Gold Medal & 95 points - Melbourne Royal Wine Awards 2022

93 Points - "Very light yellow colour; the bouquet is dominated by a smoked-charcuterie aroma suggesting smoky oak and perhaps some sulfides, while the palate is focused and intense, rich and yet compact in structure, with dry and youthful lines and quite a long aftertaste. A very fine chardonnay, concentrated and elegant, as long as you can enjoy the smoky bouquet, which may polarise tasters." - Huon Hooke (The Real Review)

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    Rated 4 out of 5 stars
    Intense and complex > just right

    Very good value for money in a Yarra Valley chardonnay

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