Almost the perfect chardonnay this sublime wine is astonishingly intense and concentrated also seamlessly balanced and measured Its opulent expression of pineapple grapefruit guava and mango-like fruit knits effortlessly with creamy bacony vanilla and slightly smoky oak while its underpinned by a chalky mineral texture and punctuated by a chiselled citrusy acidity While theres a hint of spirity heat and sweetness at the finish of its exceptionally long and complete palate its a stunning exercise in power and control

A significantly finer leaner and more focused Art Series Chardonnay that retains much of its primary youthful character A slightly reserved bouquet of grapefruit lime juice ginger and cinnamon backed by suggestions of minerals grilled nuts and waxiness steadily reveals more intensity and perfume Surprisingly smooth and supple its exceptionally long and fine revealing a remarkable core of concentrated crunchy freshly sliced fruit that slowly moves down the palate finishing with brightness brittleness zesty acids true emphasis and first-rate persistence

A smoky slightly meaty fragrance of peach melon and grapefruit is enmeshed with new fine-grained matchstick-like French oak creamy nougat-like influences cloves and cinnamon Full to medium-bodied its elegant and shapely finer and more focused and mineral than usual for this wine although theres a pleasing weight and almost fatty presence of plump grapefruit and melon flavour in mid palate It finishes long and tightly defined with lingering briny mineral notes and a delightfully brittle acidity

Piercingly flavoured and dramatically concentrated this long taut and linear chardonnay marries pristine translucent flavours of ruby grapefruit peach and lime juice with faintly smoky cashewvanilla oak and nuances of ginger and cloves Underpinned by a fine dustiness its restraint and acid structure will ensure it develops slowly as its winemakers take the Art Series Chardonnay into a more austere and less opulent style perhaps theres sufficient intensity and intensity of fruit to have received just a shade more winemaking influence