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    2022 Marco Lubiana Chardonnay

    • $68.00

    The 2022 Chardonnay has a powerful nose effusing a mix of lemon meringue, flint, oak spice, hazelnuts and toast, the acid line is long and taut but balanced out by a rich and smooth texture. The wine is drinking deliciously well now but it will continue to improve with age.  

    A mix of 40% Huon Valley and 60% Derwent Valley, from Estate Lubiana family vineyards, hand picked and hand sorted the grapes were whole bunch pressed to 228L French oak barrels with 15% new oak, the ferment was wild and slow, malolactic fermentation was carried out in Spring and the wine remained on full lees for 11 months. The wine was carefully racked out of barrel in February 2023 and bottled in June 2023 without filtration.  

    Review:

    "Great! It’s a rich and round chardonnay with a swathe of grapefruity acidity cutting through green melon, green apple, nougat notes and sweet spice. Lots of flavour, lots of character, some palate staining sweetness and more spice, a slick finish that rolls on with light, briny elements. Feels serious, feels deep and potent, yet has good vitality too. Power and grace hand in hand."

    94 points.  Mike Bennie, The Wine Front Sep 2023