Stonier Hillcrest Chardonnay 2024
- 94
- $70
- Drink by: 2025-2033
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Only a 100 dozen made, like all the range that now sits in much smaller quantities. The site is located in Shoreham on volcanic soils, north facing with high elevation. Alive with lemonade fruit, nashi pear and pomelo. Some steely notes due its lack of new oak, with pumice and raw sesame seed. Succulent with pitching acidity and arch of tangy lemon curd. This is your Chardonnay for amping you up and getting psyched, it’s strung with tension and drive. Crunchy enough to go with raw seafood, pickled ginger and wasabi. High spirited and full of energy, this is highly addictive. Drink now or cellar for 5-8 years further.
Shanteh cut her teeth at Sydney’s Award-Winning Quay restaurant where she worked for over a decade and was Head Sommelier from 2018 till 2022. She has been nominated for the Good Food Guide Sommelier of the Year award on three occasions and claims that her experience as a Len Evans scholar as one of the highlights of her career. Shanteh hosts her own weekly podcast ‘Over A Glass’ with the Deep in the Weeds Network and spends her time writing for various publications and judging at numerous wine shows across the country.
