2021 Millton Clos de Ste Anne Chardonnay

"This has a full bouquet, penetrating aromas of apricot and nectarine melded with hay, yellow floral, flinty minerals and spice. Medium-full bodied, ripe apricot and nectarine aromas intertwined with citrus peel, hay, yellow floral, delicate spice, clay and flinty minerals. The fruit is ripe with a suggestion of melon, filling the palate with weight and broadness. Lively balanced acidity carries a fine mineral line with spice to linearity. This Chardonnay is elegant, generous with fruit and weight, flows with good energy, minerals and a fine acid line. Match with banana prawns and pork over the next 6-8 years. From 25-year-old vines, own-rooted, dry farmed, handpicked, whole bunch pressed to barriques, fermented with native yeasts and aged on less for 10 months. 14% alc. Biodynamic certified. 19+/20 pts (96 pts) Jun 2023." Drink 2023 - 2031

"Complex and enticing bouquet showcasing a new, youthful and primary fruit scented wine laced with aromas of clay and mineral, white fleshed fruits and citrus. It is also a very fragrant wine with white flowers and blossom. As the wine warms in glass the scents begin to develop becoming louder and more precise. On the palate there’s weight, freshness and fruit spice then flavours of citrus and white fleshed fruits followed by barrel flavours of gentle baking spices, a whisper of bacon and seasoned wood. A delicious wine with complexity and satin textures, a fine acid line and flavours that reflect a sense of place and time. Great drinking from late 2023 through 2029+."

"Rich yet mellow chardonnay with peach, bread dough, saline/oyster shell, toast, spicy oak characters and a hint of sizzled butter. Weighty, mouth-filling wine with a suede-like texture from fine tannins. Satisfying to taste now but I expect it to develop greater character with further bottle age. 29 JUL 2022."