{"product_id":"2025-wantirna-estate-isabella-chardonnay","title":"2025 Wantirna Estate Isabella Chardonnay","description":"\u003cp\u003eWantirna Estate was one of the first vineyards of the Yarra Valley's modern revival, planted by the Egan family back in the early 1960s, and it's still a tiny, family-run affair. Maryann Egan now makes the wines, and the Isabella is her Chardonnay. It's small, it's sought after, and it's one of the Yarra's best.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe vines are 50 to 60 years old and sit on a gentle east-facing slope that picks up the soft morning and late afternoon sun. 2025 was one of the estate's earliest vintages. The fruit was hand-picked in the cool of the morning, fermented in new, one and two-year-old French oak in their underground cellar, then left on lees with regular stirring for around eleven months.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaryann calls it a classic Isabella, with yellow plum, citrus zest and a little honeycomb, with that rounded, textured middle the wine is known for and a bright, salty line of acidity keeping it fresh. A nice mix of New and Old World in style - generous, but never heavy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's drinking beautifully already, so open one with roast chook or pan-fried snapper. But with that acid and those old vines behind it, it'll easily go another five to seven years, picking up nutty, toasty notes as it goes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnly 85 dozen made, and Halliday has it at 97 points. Old vines, a family who've been at it for 60 years, and a wine that's very clearly from this one slope.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e97 points\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Beautifully balanced on the palate, which is vibrant and saline... A gorgeous wine that will reward cellaring for at least five to seven years.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Philip Rich (Halliday Wine Companion)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"Wantirna Estate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68004781097003,"sku":"2025 Wantirna Estate Isabella Chardonnay","price":112.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2572\/9722\/files\/2023WantirnaEstateIsabellaChardonnay_b10210e3-e258-49b2-be56-18c51ba9a409.webp?v=1762470780","url":"https:\/\/www.differentdrop.com\/products\/2025-wantirna-estate-isabella-chardonnay","provider":"Different Drop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}