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Vintage 2024

Vintage 2024 conditions

The below-average sized crush can be attributed to a number of seasonal factors as well as various forms of human intervention driven by economic considerations and market forces.

Major global-scale climate influences on the Australian climate in 2023 were a La Niña at the start of the year, an El Niño and a strong positive Indian Ocean Dipole which were established in early spring, and a positive phase of the S...

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This is the inaugural release of this wine, from the highly regarded Messenger Vineyard, located in the southern parts of Coonawarra, on the famous terra rossa strip. Chardonnay was first planted here in 1993. Whole bunch pressing is followed by eight months maturation in a mix of new (27%) and older French oak. For anyone wondering why any part of this precious and legendary red wine growing dirt would be allocated to whites, it was only a few decades ago that Riesling was the most widely planted variety in Coonawarra. 

The wine is still youthful and will surely improve further over the next few years. At the moment, a pale lemon hue, with a nose exhibiting notes of nuts and florals, stonefruits and spices with apricots, pears, grapefruit and a minerally backing with gentle oak. A seductive and quite creamy palate, with bright acidity and a lingering finish, this will benefit from a short spell in the cellar before opening, and then drink well for the next five to eight years when it will be a different, and even more exciting beast than we have today. 

If one might digress for a moment, likely destined for the cutting room floor as they say in the classics, food and wine matching. It often seems winery recommendations range from ‘suits everything you can think of’, to absurdly specific suggestions like ‘elephant eyelashes sous vided with endangered panda paw’. Nothing in between. Our friends at Wynns have taken the latter route, recommending ‘Taiwanese street food style popcorn chicken with crispy fried basil’. Seriously? How many of us even know what a popcorn chicken is or are likely to be carrying our bottle of Coonawarra Chardy around the streets of Taipei? 

Rant over, this is a delicious Chardonnay with its best ahead. 92


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Origin

Coonawarra, South Australia

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