La Kooki Boya Chardonnay 2021

At first glance, it’s reminiscent of a textbook Margaret River Chardonnay: a medley of vanilla, fresh cream, melted butter, raw nuts, Golden Queen peach and pineapple. As expected, the palate is full and round with a slightly bitter edge like biting in that yellow-fleshed peach too close to its stone. The core is ultra-mineral. In fact, the name could not be more appropriate: Boya means stones in Noongar, the language spoken by the Wadandi people from the Southwest part of WA. The palate closes with a malic-like acidity of a crunchy green apple. Well balanced and showing its elegant, mineral touch once closing the door behind. I still can’t believe that they’ve added granite stones to the barrels during fermentation with impressive balance and integration of all the parts.