Tasting Notes
colour
Pale colour with flecks of green.Â
aroma
Fresh cut figs and nectarine aromas balance subtle blanched almond creaminess.
palate
A pure citrus core, surrounded by fresh yellow peach, with mineral drive, poise, and lingering focus.
cellaring
Will reward careful cellaring of five to seven years.
Technical
vintage
Constant spring winds during budburst caused low vine yields. The region experienced cooler than average temperatures over the growing season causing a longer ripening period with delayed harvest dates. The driest vintage to date producing extremely high-quality fruit.
winemaking
100% Coal River Valley Chardonnay was hand-picked and chilled overnight before being whole bunch pressed into seasoned French oak (300L) and left to undergo wild fermentation with the inclusion of some solids. 50% of the wine was sulphured immediately post primary fermentation with the remaining 50% stirred without
SO2 for 3 months. 9 months in oak prior to blending and bottling.
region
TasmaniaÂ
variety
ChardonnayÂ
analysis
- Alcohol: 13.0%
- pH: 3.20
- Acidity (TA): 6.70 g/L
Awards
Decanter World Wine Awards 2023
"Lemony nose with classic apple fruit and leesy notes. Fleshy on the palate, with a chalky acidity. Tangy finish."
Reviews
Halliday Wine Companion 2022
100% Coal River Valley chardonnay; hand picked; whole-bunch pressed; wild fermented and aged 9 months in seasoned French oak barrels; 50% with sulphur dioxide and 50% without, with 3 months bâtonnage. The Fogarty Group has made quite a splash in Tasmania and wines like this make a serious statement about their confidence to play at the top end. The cool 2020 season defines impressive flinty, mineral texture and enduring acid drive, energising perfectly ripe white fruits and impeccably integrated oak.
95
Gary Walsh, The Wine Front 2022
Tasted alongside the 2019, and while 2020 was a cooler vintage, it also seems to have received a more subtle touch in the winery, which is good. I could be wrong! Subtle wine, all crunch and saline/mineral stuff, discreet spicy oak, pink grapefruit and fennel, fine dusty texture, and a cool feel to it, with salted citrus, and subtle umami flavours, and a long finish that feels good and ‘natural’. Not the power of the 2019, but more stylish, and better to drink. So lovely.
95
Tyson Stelzer, Wine Business Magazine 2022
The Fogarty Group has made quite a splash in Tasmania and wines like this make a serious statement about their confidence to play at the top end. The cool 2020 season defines the impressive flinty, mineral texture and enduring aid drive, energising, perfectly ripe whiet fruits and impeccably integrated oak.
95
Erin Larkin, Robert Parker Wine Advocate 2023
The 2020 Estate Chardonnay is intensely concentrated in the mouth: acidity, flavor and texture are all packed into the hilt. The wine gives the impression of needing (or wanting) to unfurl, to stretch out; perhaps a decant would give it the space it needs. As it stands, after plenty of swirling and agitation of the glass, salted yellow peach, red apple skins, preserved citrus and yellow grapefruit emerge. Underpinning it all is the unfettered flow of Tasmanian acidity: juicy, bright, enlivening. Mouthwatering. All in all, this is a big wine, almost bolshy, with powerful fruit and scintillating acidity.
94+
