2024 Moorooduc Estate Chardonnay

A poised, beautifully balanced Mornington Chardonnay from the McIntyre family – refined winemaking meeting first-class vineyard fruit.

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Description

The 2024 Estate Chardonnay shows exactly why Moorooduc remains one of the most consistent names on the Mornington Peninsula. Made mostly from the McIntyre vineyard, with a little fruit from Osborn and Garden, it’s a beautiful mix of ripeness, texture and freshness – the kind of wine that feels effortless but clearly isn’t.

Hand-harvested fruit was whole-bunch pressed and fermented wild in French oak (around 10% new). Most of the barrels went through malo, and the wine spent nine months on lees before bottling. Nothing flashy – just patient, careful winemaking that lets the vineyard character do the work.

The flavours sit right in that sweet spot between citrus and stone fruit – think nectarine, lemon zest and grapefruit, with a touch of brioche and almond meal for richness. The palate is bright and balanced, finishing with a fine, chalky grip. It’s pure, savoury and deeply satisfying – exactly what good Peninsula Chardonnay should be.

Palest gold in colour with a nose that is redolent of honeysuckle, ripe white nectarines, lemon zest and a hint of grapefruit. Hints of toasted brioche, shortcrust pastry and clotted cream add richness and sandalwood spice and salty notes bring savoury complexity as the wine opens up in the glass. On the palate the wine is zesty with juicy lemon and grapefruit flavours and acidity, salted green pineapple notes and peach skin phenolics. The finish is long, firm and refreshing. Delicious right now, this will be a perfect match to kingfish ceviche or sashimi, or flathead tails panfried in butter.

The 2024 Vintage:
2024 started out well with average rainfall and stable weather patterns, but it was to offer some twists and turns along the way to vintage. It got wetter and warmer through October, producing strong growth in canopies and a little more disease pressure than we like up until flowering. Conditions were kind in the northern Peninsula for fruit set, resulting in good yields that would balance the developing canopies. Cooler weather towards the end of November slowed things down a little and in the leadup to Christmas, we got some unwelcome wet, damp and humid weather. By New Year, just prior to veraison and in the leadup to vintage the vines enjoyed warm, stable, sunny, dry weather. Harvest started relatively early on the 20th of February, and conditions were generally textbook for growing tannins and flavours that would produce wines of intensity, structure and beautiful aromatics.

Grapegrowing and Winemaking:
Richard McIntyre and Jeremy Magyar, with assistance from Peninsula Vinecare in our vineyards and Kate McIntyre MW in the winery

Vinification:
Hand harvested

Whole bunch pressed

100% wild yeast fermentation in French oak barrels, 10% being new

Natural malolactic fermentation (80%) in barrel

9 months in wood on lees with 1 racking prior to bottling

Light fining and filtration

Vineyards:
predominantly McIntyre Vineyard, with some Osborn Vineyard and Garden Vineyard fruit

Price Bracket $41 to $50
Type White
Body Full Bodied
Variety Chardonnay
Country Australia
Region Mornington Peninsula
Australian State VIC
Size 750ml
Vintage 2024
Closure Screw Cap

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