2021 Bass Phillip Premium Chardonnay
97 points - Jane Faulkner, Halliday
"So the premium chardonnay has its mojo back. Excellent news. Tightly focused with pristine fruit of sliced lemon, white peach, powdered ginger, sea spray and umami/nougatine lees, creamy, too, with the oak superbly integrated. Complex, detailed and flavoursome with chalky acidity that corrals all those flavours in obedience finishing long and pure. What a wine.."
95 points - Anne Krebiehl MW, Decanter
Both fresh and dried lemon rind unite into a lifted perfume, backed by a rich creaminess. More air brings hints of dried wheat chaff. The palate comes in with immediate roundness, ripeness and depth, set against a pithy, chalky and textured mid-palate. Serene lemon ripeness accentuates the concentration and lemon oil purity. This is rich and ripe, yet totally linear. Very well proportioned with a long lemon echo. This underwent full malolactic conversion and spent 14 months in 60% new oak which it carries exceptionally well.
97 points - Jane Faulkner, Halliday
"So the premium chardonnay has its mojo back. Excellent news. Tightly focused with pristine fruit of sliced lemon, white peach, powdered ginger, sea spray and umami/nougatine lees, creamy, too, with the oak superbly integrated. Complex, detailed and flavoursome with chalky acidity that corrals all those flavours in obedience finishing long and pure. What a wine.."
95 points - Anne Krebiehl MW, Decanter
Both fresh and dried lemon rind unite into a lifted perfume, backed by a rich creaminess. More air brings hints of dried wheat chaff. The palate comes in with immediate roundness, ripeness and depth, set against a pithy, chalky and textured mid-palate. Serene lemon ripeness accentuates the concentration and lemon oil purity. This is rich and ripe, yet totally linear. Very well proportioned with a long lemon echo. This underwent full malolactic conversion and spent 14 months in 60% new oak which it carries exceptionally well.
97 points - Jane Faulkner, Halliday
"So the premium chardonnay has its mojo back. Excellent news. Tightly focused with pristine fruit of sliced lemon, white peach, powdered ginger, sea spray and umami/nougatine lees, creamy, too, with the oak superbly integrated. Complex, detailed and flavoursome with chalky acidity that corrals all those flavours in obedience finishing long and pure. What a wine.."
95 points - Anne Krebiehl MW, Decanter
Both fresh and dried lemon rind unite into a lifted perfume, backed by a rich creaminess. More air brings hints of dried wheat chaff. The palate comes in with immediate roundness, ripeness and depth, set against a pithy, chalky and textured mid-palate. Serene lemon ripeness accentuates the concentration and lemon oil purity. This is rich and ripe, yet totally linear. Very well proportioned with a long lemon echo. This underwent full malolactic conversion and spent 14 months in 60% new oak which it carries exceptionally well.
DETAILS
VINTAGE - 2021
VARIETAL - Chardonnay
COUNTRY - Australia
REGION - Gippsland
BOTTLE SIZE - 750ml
