Wine By Farr GC Chardonnay 2025
$180.00
Description
"My vocabulary defaults to words like fragile and brittle, but it’s not right. Neither sinew, nor high pitched do this wine justice. It’s like porcelain; translucent, strong, beautiful and pure. Don’t make the same mistake I did and drink this straight from the fridge, it’s too cold. This wine is reluctant when it’s 4 degrees, a reluctance that becomes confidence as it warms slightly. The colour of the wine has the slightest green hint, otherwise bright and clean. The nose smells of chalky soil struck pebbles and a saline citrussy note too. As it warms in the glass it seems to stand 2 inches taller, it shows ginger, apple, cinnamon and vanilla. The fruit is sleek and persistent. It’s neither jammy nor too restrained. It tastes like a cool glass of Chardonnay in the white stoned town square in Meursault, but of course, it is more unique than that. Whilst Burgundy has hundreds of wineries, the little hamlet of Bannockburn, in the outskirts of Geelong might count as many as 5." - Ben Knight for Nick Farr
95 Points, Huon Hooke The Real Review "Bright, light yellow colour; slightly green/herbal aromas of celery stalk, a suggestion of parsnip/earthy root vegetable. The wine is tight and tense, firm and has excellent concentration and vitality, oak taking a back seat. The finish is very dry, mineral and lip-smacking. This is lovely now and will cellar well for many years" (Of the 2024)