Blind Corner Quindalup Chardonnay Aligoté 2023

Blind Corner Quindalup Chardonnay Aligoté is a Margaret River white built on old Gingin clone Chardonnay with a slice of Aligoté.

No oak went near the 2023. Three-quarters of the fruit fermented in stainless steel and the rest in a concrete egg, with malolactic conversion finishing in the same vessels and twelve months on lees afterwards to build texture without borrowing flavour from wood. The Chardonnay block is very low-yielding, the vines past twenty years old; the adjacent Aligoté plot, about 150 ten-year-old vines, contributes eight per cent, and Gould keeps grafting more Chardonnay across to build it out. Only a rough filtration before bottling, to keep the wine close to the vineyard as he puts it.

Bright and pulpy, with grapefruit and green apple, racy texture and a long sappy finish. There is a lot of wine here for the money. Serve at 11 degrees with grilled fish, chicken, or a fennel and citrus salad.

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