2021 Bass Phillip Premium Chardonnay 750ml

COUNTRY: Australia
REGION: Gippsland, Victoria
VARIETAL: Chardonnay
WINE STYLE: White Wine
WINERY: Bass Phillip
WINEMAKER: Jean-Marie Fourrier
VINTAGE: 2021
CLASSIFICATION: Sustainable Farming, Vegan
CLOSURE: Cork
ABV%: 13.4%
SIZE: 750ml

Critic tasting note: (2021 vintage) "The creamier notes—melted butter and lemon curd— lead, with nutty, melon- and pineapple-rind notes following. Persistent acidity pulses through the broader texture. Flavors of citrus, toast and ginger linger on the long finish. A classy wine that's drinking well now, but still has many more years left in it." - Wine Enthusiast

Original 1979 planting: two to three barrels per year. Always intense in citrus fruits and powerful flavour. Pronounced minerality. Long palate and long-keeping. Original Estate vineyard; subtle but powerful wine with 100% new oak.

Less than one acre, planted since 1979. This section of the vineyard is more than 40 years old today , it has started to deliver complex nuances and has a very long-flavour, lingers cleanly on your palate. Typically, the wine has a fully integrated, complex blend of stone fruits , nuts and soft oak, riding on top of a balanced acidic backbone. It has very good depth and breadth on the palate, some nuttiness alongside the stone fruit flavours.  Builds on the finish, complex and thought-provoking. Meant to age 10 years or more.