April 12, 2024 - Screw cap.
Decanted just prior to service.
Oatmeal, fleshy peach, curry leaf, green bean. Complex. Medium to full weight. Balancing act of full flavoured fruit, savoury elements, saline and integrated oak. Delicious tonight. Drink or hold.
February 1, 2023 - I am a convert. Sitting in a perfect spot between the 2 Australian extremes of too flabby and too flinty, this hits the spot. Packed with intense peach and lemon notes, this could give some of the prestigious French Burgundys a run for their money.
August 14, 2022 - Screw cap.
Mid-gold. Oatmeal, green lime, lemon. Medium to full weighted, with seamlessly integrated oak. A touch of lime rind bitterness, but plenty of that typical buttery richness.
August 7, 2021 - Screw cap. 13.5% alc.
Struck match, which soon dissipates. Oak, lemon, mineral. As the wine warms in the glass, the flavours are much more integrated. The oak becomes more supportive. It’s youthful, but hints at the complexities to come as it unfurls over the years.
The following day, it looked harmonious. Notes of oatmeal, pine, green bean, lemon. Very long finish.
July 22, 2021 - Usual style , young but drinks at both ends , great.
October 5, 2020 - Terroir-istes International - Australia-Victoria, Upper Yarra, Beechworth, Macedon Chardonnay (Bishopscourt): (Tasted Blind): A light golden hue. Intense notes of stuck flint, cordite, smoke, wet stones, ripe yellow peach and nectarine.
A super precise entry with concentrated fruits and a linear progression heightened by a chiselled frame from its mineral-edged mouth-cleansing acidity. An assertive wine, the mid-palate offers juicy lemon and orange, oatmeal, toasty oak, leafy herbs, and stone fruits. To be fair, the oak is quite noticeable, but the wine has a sturdy platform that should allow some time for the oak to integrate. I loved the array of fruits, giving some layers, and the finish was extremely long.
July 31, 2020 - Couldn’t wait. Wow. Magnificent
June 20, 2020 - A cheeky large glass at Beechworth Provendor. Strong notes of struck match, flinty and mineral; the fruit is tightly wound, again with the struck match characters predominant. Walks the tightrope with highly reductive winemaking, unsure if it will blow off? Slight bitter note on the end. Muscular core, not yielding much, maybe a touch of white nectarine and its pitts. Will take a long time to unfurl under screwcap. 92+ if the reduction notes blow off with time.
April 15, 2020 - Tried it young. Still excellent Lght nose. Straw. Already complex with length. Will develop into more White burgundy like in a few years Nice to try young but think in 5 years will be memorable
February 4, 2020 - brief notes, tiny pour
N....pongy in a good way; wet wool, barnyard aromas.
T....medium body only, profile seems to be typical of Burgundy (village) style, I think, rather than something I would see as typically Australian, though it lacks an earthy character; a brooding personality here rather than thrusting power; lovely mouth-feel and texture; classy and elegant; this reminded me of a single-site Kumeu River (NZ) chardonnay in a good year; not esp' dry.
Rec RP £98.00.....Hmmm, not sure it's worth that much. Maybe £60.00 ?