Stonier KBS Chardonnay 2024
- 95
- $70
- Drink by: 2025-2035
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Only a 100 dozen made, like all the range that now sits in much smaller quantities. A blend of P58 and I10 the east facing block that is Lyre trellised. Wild ferment, no battonage, partial malo and into French puncheons of which 22% is new. There is an innate dynamism about this wine, a yuzu of citrus with an almost candied rind character. Ripe peaches and monstera deliciosa, a touch of feijoa pulp. Oak nips in at the edges with saw dust and talc. It is the weave-like texture of phenolics that has me captivated, this allows for its faculty and and bedazzling angles to really take hold. This can handle roasted white meats, a pork medallion with brown butter and sage. Drink now or will cellar well for 8-10 years. A wine for contemplating and drinking over entree to main.
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.
