2024 Vasse Felix Heytesbury Chardonnay

Heytesbury is one of Australia’s great modern Chardonnays, and this new 2024 is a sensational follow-up to the all-conquering 2023 release. The 2024 vintage kicked off with the earliest harvest on record for Vasse Felix after an incredibly warm spring. Virginia Willcock and her team managed the vineyard beautifully, as always, locking in a phenomenal line of natural acidity that perfectly frames the immense concentration of the Gingin clone. It’s a deeper, more voluptuous core of fruit than more classical years, packed with grapefruit pith, mandarin skin, and white peach. But it’s the savory, wild complexity that really makes it a masterpiece - think gunflint, roasted cashews, curry leaf, and a distinct line of saline minerality that drives right through the center. The palate-saturating tension, texture, and chalky phenolic grip are next-level. It’s got plenty of stuffing, yet it retains immense poise and a long, dry, tight finish. This is an absolutely cracking release that feels incredibly complete right now. Extremely limited.