Hirsch Hill Reserve Chardonnay 2024

The Toolangi sub-region in the Yarra Valley is one of the most highly regarded, offering excellent Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. This latest Chardonnay comes from grapes grown in the team’s best vineyard in that sub-region. Fermentation and maturation is in large format French oak. The wine does not undergo malolactic fermentation and the final blend comes from five puncheons, which made the grade. An attractive lemon hue, the nose exhibits notes of citrus and white peach, with a gentle hint of cashews from the oak involvement. This is elegant, refined, a slightly leaner style than some, but it offers excellent focus and drive and there is a minerally support system lurking in the background. There are hints of grapefruit and melon which emerge after time in the glass. Very good length here, this is a well-balanced Chardy certain to give pleasure over the next four to eight years.