Crittenden Zumma Chardonnay 2022

80% malolactic fermentation in 60% new oak for 11 months. Butter toast, tinned peach and cut pineapple slices. Baked anzac cookies and toast muesli. A feast of morning pastries. Fruit is front and centre with a swathe of toasty oak spice. Vanilla biscotti, nutmeg and cinnamon sugar. A lovely lemon cheesecake creaminess, with fresh acidity carrying the final tune. This has the intensity we see from further west with the marine sea spray and citrus core of Victoria. A really good representation of what Mornington can do. The balance of modern day Australian Chardonnay is printed all over this. Drink now and will cellar another 3 years. Serve with battered fish and chicken salt chips still in the paper.