Murdoch Hill Chardonnay 2022

Murdoch Hill Chardonnay is a dry white built from high sites across the Adelaide Hills.

Lenswood joins Oakbank, Lobethal and Piccadilly in the 2022, widening the spread of high ground behind this label; the vines average over twenty years and are farmed sustainably. Hand-picked and whole-bunch pressed as usual, the juice fermented wild in barrel and stayed there ten months, about a fifth of the wood new. The season did much of the work, a cool and even year across the Hills that delivered depth without costing acidity. Michael Downer built his reputation on Chardonnay, and the house signature is restraint: barrel used for texture, not for flavour, and the fruit left legible.

Ripe stone fruit and citrus peel, white blossom, a thread of struck flint. The palate is silky then incisive, closing on a mineral snap. Ten to twelve degrees. Pour it with crab, roast pork loin or a wedge of comté.

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