Vasse Felix Single Plot Chardonnay DHH1 2024
- 95
- $80
- Drink by: 20262036
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Single plot is quite a site-specific Chardonnay, sourced from the “coolest” patch of Gingin clone Chardonnay. It undergoes a wild yeast fermentation in seasoned barrels and is unfined, unfiltered. At this early stage, it is restrained, subdued and comes quietly to life after a few swishes of air. It’s in no rush. It remains a wine almost grippy-tannin-tight but, nevertheless, with a rich, complexity building. Aromas carry white peach, melon, nectarine, citrus and biscuit. There is an earthiness to this Chardonnay mixed with citrus peel, grapefruit, pear and peach with a lemon curd buttery-ness. It is textural and rich across the middle palate, something to build into as the wine ages. How exciting to see one grape – Chardonnay – in three very different styles at the top level of the Vasse Felix Chardonnay tree. Price-wise, Single Plot sits between the Premier Chardonnay and Heytesbury and in one single vintage like 2024 each brings distinctive personalities to the glass.
Jeni Port is one of Australia’s top wine communicators. Based in Melbourne, Jeni created the first wine column in the (then) Sun News-Pictorial before moving over to The Age and becoming that paper’s longest-serving wine writer. Over the years she has written for most Australian wine magazines and these days calls WinePilot home. She is also a Tasting Panel member on the Halliday Wine Companion. She was named Wine Communicator of the Year and Legend of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in 2014 and in 2018 Legend of the Vine. She is a founding board member of Australian Women In Wine and is the co-deputy chair of Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards.
