A Rodda Willow Lake Chardonnay

2022, Willowlakes
<span data-preserver-spaces="true">This wine exhibits aromas of lemon zest, white nectarine, and gun smoke, with a textured mouthfeel. The grapes were fermented in French oak puncheons, with 30% new oak, and then aged on lees for 12 months. This classic cool-climate Yarra Valley Chardonnay offers flavors of fresh citrus, stone fruit, and subtle hints of flint and chalk.
<meta charset="utf-8"><em>"Grapefruit and nectarine, almond and light spice, fine perfume. Cool feeling wine, zesty style with lemon peel, nutty and savoury, plenty of acid bite, but gently creamy too, with a fine chalk dust finish of excellent length. A little bony and discreet, perhaps, but has flavour and appealing texture. Saline too. A couple more years should see it right." - Gary Walsh, The Wine Front</em>