2022 Ossa Chardonnay

95 pts
Ossa |East Coast |Chardonnay
A cool-climate Tasmanian Chardonnay from Ossa’s low-yielding East Coast vines, made by Hugh McCullough with a light touch for freshness, texture and quiet complexity.
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Description

Ossa is a relatively young label making waves on Tasmania’s East Coast, with a focus on small-batch wines that really lean into the region’s cool, slow ripening season. The 2022 Chardonnay comes off low-yielding vines, hand-picked for flavour and balance rather than sheer ripeness.

Winemaker Hugh McCullough keeps the handling gentle – whole-bunch pressing straight to French oak (a mix of new and old barrels), wild fermentation, and a good stretch on lees. There’s just enough stirring to build texture without losing that bright line of acidity Tassie Chardy is known for.

What you get is a layered, quietly complex wine with citrus and stone fruit at its core, a savoury edge from the oak and lees, and a freshness that keeps you coming back. It’s polished without feeling showy, and will happily evolve in the cellar if you can resist opening it now.

95 points - "This is superb. Drenched in flavour, long and complex, compelling at every turn. Flint, green pineapple, ripe stonefruit and lemon curd characters team with woodsmoke, cedar and steel. It sings all the way through to a very long finish. It’s great drinking now, there’s no need to wait, but it yet has a lot of time up its sleeve." - Campbell Mattinson (The Wine Front)

95 points - "Light-mid yellow colour; very powerful and complex on the nose, passionfruit, grapefruit, lemon essence and tangy, the passionfruit the only left-field component—almost a whiff of sauvignon blanc! The wine sings on the palate, with tangy citrusy acidity and juicy, with bucket-loads of fruit flavour all energised by bright, refreshing acidity and a long and electric follow-through." - Huon Hooke (The Real Review)

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    Susan B.
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    2021 Ossa Chardonnay
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Mrs

    Great drop

A combination of Chardonnay clones I10V1 and P58 were gently pressed into large format seasoned French oak for indigenous fermentation. The wine received minimal intervention during the 10 month élevage on lees in barrel prior to bottling.

Price Bracket $51 to $100
Type White
Body Full Bodied
Variety Chardonnay
Country Australia
Region East Coast
Australian State TAS
Reviewed By The Wine Front
The Real Review
Critic Score 95
Alcohol 13%
Size 750ml
Vintage 2022
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