Tapanappa Tiers 1.5m Chardonnay 2023

In 2003, Brian Croser and his family took 1.3 hectares of the famous Tiers vineyard in the Piccadilly Valley, originally planted in 1979, and replanted it with the French Bernard clones, 76 and 95, in very close, 1.5 metre, spacing. Since 2015, the wine has shown sufficient differences to deserve bottling on its own. Just 350 dozen made. There is a cool year elegance and leanness to this wine. Beautifully balanced and quite intense, the wine is wonderfully seamless and seductive. An utterly stunning Chardonnay with a line of juicy saline acidity, we have notes of jasmine, white peaches and lemon. There is immaculate balance for the full length of the wine. A cracking Chardonnay, which will provide at least eight to ten years of pleasure.