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Applecross Chardonnay 2024
DOZEN: $723.60 or $60.30 each
The 2024 Applecross Chardonnay is sourced from St. Andrews in the Yarra Valley. Made with P58 clone fruit that was planted in 1984, it was naturally fermented and matured in French oak puncheons. Aromatically, the wine leads with white peach and ripe lime flesh, green apple, crushed shells and pressed linen. On the palate, it is pure, with gorgeous clarity and precision. There are notes of crushed nuts and almond meal through the finish pepper it with layers of textural grip and complexity. This is a beautiful wine. (95) ERIN LARKIN, Wine Advocate
As you would expect from this fella the Chard is excellent. All the elements are nicely positioned, fleshy, flavoursome fruit is the centrepiece and the winemaking sits alongside offering support and some savoury, smoky kind of detail. There seems to be a theme, with these top producers, in 24, one of purity/clarity of fruit. This highlights that perfectly. Its great, you would expect so from Bicknell. ROSCOE