Bleasdale Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2022

For this exquisite 96pt Gold-medal Chardonnay, the winemakers at Bleasdale have looked to carefully cultivated vineyards in Woodside and Echunga, part of the idyllic Adelaide Hills. The Chardonnay fruit was handpicked directly into a refrigerated container, chilled all day and during transport. The fruit was then delivered to the historic Bleasdale cellars at dusk for whole bunch pressing in the cool of the evening. All this culminates in attractive stone fruit and citrus aromas and flavours with complexity from maturation on fermentation lees. The palate is fine and long with persistent flavour supported by oak structure and length. "All the inputs have been precisely managed... 96pts. Great Value" (James Halliday, Halliday Wine Companion).