Apricus Hill Single Vineyard Chardonnay 2022

From the Denmark sub-region of the Great Southern in Western Australia, this wine is limited to free run juice only, which is fermented in a mix of new and seasoned French oak 500-litre puncheons with nine months oak maturation to follow. Pale lemon hue, we have notes of citrus and some very gentle stonefruit while lemon and lemon curds dominate at this early stage. A hint of vanillin oak with some nutmeg too. Good balance and impressive intensity of flavour runs the full length of the wine supported by fine acidity. There is also focus, drive and persistence. As we move to the palate, we see more stonefruit notes emerge. Enjoyable now and over the next five to six years. Good drinking.