2022 Third Rule Chardonnay

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Sam Kim - Wine Orbit - 95 points

COLOUR  Pale straw.

NOSE  Perfumed aromatics with musk, jasmine, and rose alongside mushroom and oyster shell complexity, and lifted oak notes. 

PALATE  Delicate and driven, the palate is beautifully balanced with a generous fruit presence including lemon, orange blossom, and honeysuckle. Winemaking and oak contribute to a more complex array of flavours including macadamia, chicken pate, and a saline character. The fine acid structure drives the wine through to a long, fine finish. 

WINEMAKING  Harvested in the cool of the evening to retain varietal freshness. Gently pressed, settled overnight before racking to French oak barrels with some solids for textural integration into the wine throughout fermentation, maturation and lees stirring. This Chardonnay showcases complexity and elegant oak influence while still allowing the fresh varietal characters to shine through.

VINTAGE NOTES  A wet Winter and Spring laid down great water reserves going into vintage 2022. A cool & wet Spring meant a slow start, with flowering and veraison tracking behind previous years, but the weather soon warmed up and ripening charged ahead. The warm, dry weather that came gave us great flavour concentration across all varieties and allowed for maturation of tannin & flavour with minimal disease pressure, providing for another great vintage in Margaret River. 

Vegan friendly