Ashton Hills Reserve Chardonnay 2025

This wine is brought together under a barrel selection program from the best of each vintage, and it comes from the Bauhaus Vineyard and Woods Hill vineyards. Typically well fermented and matured in a combination of new and seasoned Burgundian oak for about nine months. On the nose, there is clearly a more pronounced intensity, even a slight toastiness, with the influence of that wild ferment quite evident, but it’s done quite subtly and presents with a delicate degree of finesse. Just a faint hint of struck match and citrus provides a nice balance to the fruit. The palate is delicate, yet intensely flavoured and delivered with a linear extension. A little touch of quince paste just adds a finishing flourish to a very stylish wine.