2021 Heirloom Vineyards Chardonnay, Adelaide Hills

Golden rim edge with tones of hay and green straw. Alert. Mineral water, wet quartz cut from a river bed; stone fruits hinting at ripeness yet always restrained. Almond, fennel, aniseed, spice and freshly cut cucumber. An overarching acid structure around which all of the other flavours, textures and tensions sit.

Strong minerality with a concentrated core of tense chardonnay primary fruit flavours: green apple, mandarin and mango, peach and rock melon. This makes for a richer middle palate before a more savoury, flinty, nutty and salty back palate kicks in.

A long and dry after-taste wherein the mid and back palate flavours linger.