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Gaffy and Neal Chardonnay 2025
$50.00Jeremy’s score 95/100A joyful young chardonnay whose pristine aromas of grapefruit and yellow peach are lifted by bright floral notes, lemon and ginger, with an underswell of creamy yeast-derived notes and a whiff of chicken stock. It’s long and smooth, with a round, juicy core of grapefruit and lemon finely balanced with tight-grained oak and underpinned by a fine mineral texture, before finishing long, dry and savoury with a mouthwatering lemony acidity. Shapely and pleasingly complex already, it’s more fruitful than previous editions of this wine. Drink any time over the next decade.
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Gaffy and Neal The Peninsula (Formerly Merricks North) Chardonnay 2024
$75.00Jeremy’s score 97/100A sumptuous, profound and artfully balanced chardonnay built around a powerful core of fruit. Bright and punchy, with an intense, faintly waxy bouquet of lemon, grapefruit, yellow peach and creamy yeast-derived notes, it also reveals a hint of butterscotch. Long, polished and translucently pure, its core of yellow peach and lemon butter unfolds mouthfilling layers of complexity, fruit and texture, soaking up its oak and finishing with dryness and tautness. A true vin de garde, but ready to enjoy now if you’re seeking something special.
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Gaffy and Neal The Peninsula (Formerly Merricks North) Chardonnay 2025
$80.00Jeremy’s score 98/100A spectacular chardonnay whose voluminous and alluring perfume reveals deep layers of stonefruit, grapefruit and lemon tightly knit with faintly toasty vanilla oak spot lit with complex nuances of spice, creamy nougat and roast chicken pie. Its unctuous core of pristine stonefruit and citrus flavour steamrolls long and clear down a finely textured backbone, driving with power and style towards a fine, focused finish of refreshing and faintly mineral acids. Artfully balanced with smoky oak, it’s quite a masterpiece. Acknowledging the role of Darrin Gaffy in its making, this Chardonnay gets my nod as the finest white wine yet released by Doug Neal.
