2021 Fraser Gallop Estate Parterre Chardonnay

Wild yeast fermented and matured in barrel for 9 months. Bright pale straw colour with greenish tinged edges and a watery hue. Lifted white peach and nectarine aromas are married to some dried honey, citrusy nougat, light cashew and gun flint notes. Fresh and elegantly textured the palate is lined with pear, nectarine and citrus fruits which meld into subtle nougat, faint cashew and infusions of gun flint. Vibrant acidity finishing refined and energetic.
Drink over the next 5-6 years.
Alc. 12.5%

Other Reviews….
Clive Otto, winemaker at Fraser Gallop, is responsible for the pristine, pure and very fine-boned house style of Chardonnay that they are becoming known for. Couple this with the cooler year that was 2021, and we are met by a wine with poise, precision and finesse in spades. What a beauty the 2021 Parterre Chardonnay is. Juicy, glass-shard acidity is couched in very soft, enveloping orchard fruit, and spooling out through the finish is a string of briney acidity. This is a gorgeous wine, perhaps shorter lived than some of its predecessors, but it will never hang around long enough for us to find out. Handpicked, whole-bunch pressed Gingin clone, fermented wild in French oak (60/40 puncheons and barriques), matured for 10 months (33% new). Drink 2022-2032.
95 Points
Erin Larkin – Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate

Plenty of perfume, a sort of thyme and lavender thing, cashew and almond, a little spicy oak. It’s tight and zesty, lime and pink grapefruit, maybe some green apple, intense acidity, a fine powdery/flinty texture, and a tight and racy grapefruit finish of excellent length. A lot of energy and vigour, and best with a year or so more in bottle to settle. Drink 2023-2030.
94+ Points
Gary Walsh – The Wine Front

A vibrant chardonnay with aromas of peaches, white grapefruits, salted almonds and lemons. It’s medium-bodied with a refreshing salinity beautifully combined with fleshy, just-ripe fruit. Vegan. Delicious now. Screw cap.
93 Points
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