Handpicked Wines

2020 HANDPICKED WINES WOMBAT CREEK VINEYARD CHARDONNAY, YARRA VALLEY

2022-07-04 - WINEMAKER Peter Dillon

$70 / 2030

An intense and electrifying wine thanks to its overt acidity, yet the power of fruit can hold its own. It’s also flinty, smoky, loaded with grapefruit and lemon juice plus zest, with toasty oak that’s well integrated. It’s youthful and still in its high-energy phase, a bit more time in bottle will allow some mellowing. Of course, plenty will go for the style immediately as it’s super-refreshing. JF 12.2% alc.

What is special about this wine?

At 424m above sea level, Wombat Creek is the most elevated vineyard in the Yarra Valley, a unique situation to achieve the characteristic elegance of this cool-climate chardonnay.