Moppity Chardonnay

Varieties: Chardonnay

Winemaker

Region: Tumbarumba NSW

Colour: Brilliant clean pale yellow

Nose: Bright and lifted with citrus, fig and nutty complexity

Palate: Burgundianstyle .The palate is long and elegant with the varietal flavours, knitting in neatly with subtle toasty French oak, which adds a spicy, nutty complexity.

Comments

This style redefines NSW Chardonnay.The cool climate of Tumbarumba, at the foothills of the Snowy Mountains, is ideally suited to producing lean, elegant and refined Chardonnays such as this. The region is fast gaining recognition as a potential source of Australia’s very finest Chardonnays.

Winemaking notes:
100% free-run juice, barrel fermented in French barriques, partial batonage

Alcohol:
12.5%

Awards: Top gold medal, 2009 Royal SydneyWine Show

93pts Winefront

Reviews
“Classy nose with a certain funky edge. Palate focussed and delicate but has substance. Excellent balanced wine drinking well now. 4 stars.”
Winestate’sBest Wines of 2009, January 2010
“Yet another first-class chardonnay from the under-rated Tumbarumba region. This was ranked best in class at last year’s Sydney wine show, not bad for a little winery.”
Daily Telegraph, Jeff Collerson, November 2009

"A rising star of top-end Australian wine"
Campbell Mattinson, The Big Red Wine Book 2009/10

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