Mount Mary Chardonnay 2024

Mount Mary Chardonnay 2024 The 2024 Chardonnay, like the Triolet of the same vintage, is unbelievably concentrated and intense, both aromatically and in the mouth. It has notes of crushed nuts and white flowers, stewed green apple, saline acidity and spicy/savory phenolic structure. This is both sophisticated and engaging, long and impressive. It is routinely a brilliant wine, and since 2020, this has shown excellent restraint and composure, tension and complexity. The finish here is gentle, despite the front of the wine being intense, and the impact is one of softness. 97+ Points - Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate Matured in French puncheons and barriques (30% new) for 11 months. Offered under both screw cap and diam. Tasted under screw cap. A bright green gold. Complex and restrained with aromas of white peach, grilled nuts, flint and subtle oyster shell. The palate is finely tuned and, while there’s that typical Mount Mary concentration, it also has a delicacy that makes this appealing. Built to age superbly. 97 Points - Philip Rich, Halliday Wine Companion 'It may have been a warmer year in the Yarra, yet this is a very tight and fine wine. About 30% new oak. Release date is October 2026. White peach, lemon and lime, cashew, a little biscuit spice and aniseed, with a fair amount of struck match, though it’s not overt or too dominating, just noted. It’s juicy, but also quite savoury, a distinct flinty grip with fine acidity threaded so neatly through the wine, a layer of cashew richness, and a bright and gently saline finish of excellent length and precision, a slight preserved lemon thing carries in the aftertaste. Outstanding.' 96 Points - Gary Walsh, The Wine Front