Knee Deep Birdhouse Chardonnay 2022

Margaret River has proven itself ground zero for great Aussie Chardonnay, both pointy end and top value examples. This excellent offering spent time in French oak barrels – nine months with 12% of them new – and lees stirring. Here we have a glowing pale lemon/yellow hue, with notes of peaches and ginger, melons, spices and stonefruit. There is good intensity throughout, yet the palate remains alluringly soft and appealingly textural. We see more and more stonefruit emerging along the length of the palate. Now for three years.