Barratt Chardonnay 2022

From the Uley Vineyard, in the Piccadilly Valley, which was planted 39 years prior to this vintage, the grapes were whole bunch pressed into tanks for five days to settle before transfer to French oak barriques, 30% new, for fermentation with wild yeasts and 100% malo, 11 months maturing in oak. Pale green/gold, this is quite spicy with notes of nutmeg and cinnamon from oak, well integrated but this is an on-going process. Seamless with an appealing texture, there is good length here. With peaches, stonefruit and melon notes, drink and enjoy at any stage over the next three to five years, but if you do give it another 12 months for the oak to fully meld, you will not regret it.