2024 Coldstream Hills Reserve Chardonnay

Rich and layered yet beautifully refined with a long, exquisitely balanced finish.

Barrel fermented and matured on lees for a period of 9 months in French oak puncheons and barriques.
Brilliant pale straw colour with subtle highlights of green around the edges and a watery hue. Delightful aromas of white peach, nectarine and dried honey drift gracefully out of the glass trailed by whiffs of crème brulee, biscuity nougat, cashew and spice. Rich and layered yet beautifully refined and sophisticated the palate is decorated with fleshy white peach, nectarine, citrus and dried honey flavours. Lending further nuance are notions of biscuit, nougat, cashew, traces of crème brulee and spice. Concentrated and understated in it’s power yet highly finessed it has an underlying freshness and long, exquisitely balanced finish.
Drink over the next 6-8 years.
Alc. 13%

Other Reviews……
Made from the Briarston vineyard (planted '94) and House Block (planted '85). A very bright green gold. A refined and complex bouquet of citrus peel, pear, dried honey and subtle marine scents. Even better on the saline, mouth-filling and beautifully balanced palate. I love the touch of grip on the long finish. A wine you'd still love to have a few bottles of tucked away in the cellar, eight to 10 years from now. I've said this before, and it's worth repeating, but Coldstream Hill's top wines are extremely well priced. Drink by 2035.
97+ points
Philip Rich - James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion

A stunning wine of immense power, fruit concentration, and depth. Balanced and composed with a mix of creamy stone fruit. The oak and fruit integration is seamless and pure while crunchy acidity drives through to the finish. There’s purity, power, and a crystalline line that runs through these wines. One of the best Chardonnays yet from Coldstream Hills. Almost a single-vineyard wine from the Briarston Vineyard with an additional 6% from the pure and deep House block.
97 points
Ray Jordan – WinePilot.com