2024 Grosset Piccadilly Chardonnay
2024 Grosset Piccadilly Chardonnay

2024 Grosset Piccadilly Chardonnay

96 pts
Grosset |Clare Valley |Chardonnay
Chardonnay of sophistication and class from a terrific site in the Adelaide Hills.
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Description

When Jeffrey Grosset turns his hand to Chardonnay, he looks to the highest, coolest slopes of the Piccadilly Valley in the Adelaide Hills. It’s here, in South Australia’s most delicate Chardonnay territory, that he crafts a wine of authority – precise, mineral, and built to last.

After a missed 2023, the vines bounced back in spectacular fashion in 2024, delivering fruit of pristine clarity and tension. Barrel fermented in French oak (40% new) with only partial malolactic, the result is a Chardonnay of both purity and presence. Citrus - lime, grapefruit, lemon peel - leads the way, supported by white peach, nougat, fennel, and a whisper of cashew. The palate is tightly wound, with powdery texture and a steely backbone that carries through to a long, energetic finish.

This isn’t about opulence or excess. It’s a Chardonnay that speaks of altitude and geology, with oak neatly tucked into the background. Approachable in its youth for those who like their wines racy and precise, it’s also set for a long life in the cellar, with Tyson Stelzer predicting a drinking window through 2039.

A standout release and quite possibly the finest Grosset Chardonnay yet.

Mike Bennie

Mike Bennie

Halliday Wine Companion 96 Points

A silky textured, inwardly concentrated release with fresh nashi pear, red apple, light gingery spice elements, halva and brine as the mainstays of descriptors. The potency gives a sense of power but there's control and elegance here, too. A graceful, salivating white of medium to fuller weight with impeccable balance and length. It's a star.

Gary Walsh

Gary Walsh

The Wine Front 95 Points

No Chardonnay produced in 2023 by the big J-Dog, but here we have the 2024. 300 cases produced. It’s clearly a very young wine, and released too early, though if you’re popping down $84, well, I’m thinking you’ll do the right thing and wait a while. Quality fruit. Quality oak. It’s glossy and smooth, pear and nectarine, nougat, fennel and white flower perfume, lime leaf, spicy biscuit oak. It has intensity, moves to ripe lime flavour on the palate, firm powdery texture, with a bright and juicy finish of excellent length. It offers polish and precision, and has something of a ginger biscuit and lemongrass exotic character in the aftertaste. Very nice. Exemplary, even. It could well be the best Grosset Chardonnay I’ve tasted.

Tyson Stelzer

Tyson Stelzer

Tyson Stelzer 95 Points

There was no 2023 and the vines have come back with a spectacularly precise rendition in the cool 2024 season in the heights of the Piccadilly Valley! The tension of lemon and grapefruit leads out, building body of white peach and fig on the mid-palate that lingers on a long finish of bright acidity and the mineral tension of low pH. Oak is neatly enveloped, promising a long and distinguished future. Drink 2029-2039

Customer Reviews

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    Sang J.
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    6 years ago
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    2015 Grosset Piccadilly Chardonnay
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Classic Australian Chardonnay style

    More known for their Riesling's, Grosset's Chardonnay are also good quality and fresh

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Long-term followers of this pristine chardonnay will notice subtle changes in the style of the wine. While remaining entirely from the Piccadilly Valley, the change is mainly due to a different clonal mix. Admirable finesse, powerful perfumes of grapefruit, lime juice and cashews captured in an almost steely framework. More approachable when young but still with the capacity to age. Powerful and refined.

100% chardonnay grown in the Piccadilly Valley, Adelaide Hills

Barrel fermented exclusively in French oak barriques (40% new) for 10 months; only partial natural malolactic fermentation

Unfined: suitable for vegans and vegetarians

Price Bracket $51 to $100
Type White
Body Full Bodied
Variety Chardonnay
Country Australia
Region Clare Valley
Australian State SA
Feature High Score
Iconic
Organic
Reviewed By The Wine Front
Halliday Wine Companion
The Real Review
Wine Business Monthly
The Wine Advocate
Critic Score 96
95
Size 750ml
Vintage 2024
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Grosset Wines

Jeffery Grosset has set a blistering pace for winemakers in the Clare Valley since 1981.

He is one of the premier Riesling producers in the country and has been recognised internationally as one of the finest winemakers in Australia.

His attention to detail, both in his organically farmed vineyards and his winery, has given rise to a portfolio of effortlessly articulate wines that are the envy of many.

Focus, intensity and immaculate balance are the hallmarks of every wine that Jeffery Grosset puts his hand to.

Jeffery Grosset in the vineyard - Clare Valley, SA Grosset Wines

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