Out of stock
Gaffy and Neal Chardonnay 2025
$50.00
A 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.
Vintage
2025
Peak years to drink
2033 - 2037
Jeremy's score
95 / 100
Seal type
Screw top
Out of stock
Gaffy and Neal Chardonnay
Mornington Peninsula
Price Range at Release: $30-$49
Vintage: 2025
Alc %: 13.7
$ Rel: 50
A 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.
Last Date Tasted: 24/05/2026
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Cellar
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Drink Now
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Maybe Too Old
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Vintage
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Score/100
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Score/20
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Year To Drink
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2025
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95 | 18.7 | 2033-2037  |
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2023
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95 | 18.6 | 2028-2031 |
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2022
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95 | 18.6 | 2030-2034 |
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2021
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93 | 18.1 | 2026-2029+  |
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Winery
Gaffy and Neal
Garry & Neal is the joint venture between Darrin Gaffy of the Red Hill-based Principia winery and Doug Neal, who has learned much of what he knows about chardonnay while completing virtually every vintage at Giaconda. It's a chardonnay-only label, featuring a Mornington Peninsula Chardonnay whose sourcing varies between a number of sites in different Peninsula sub-regions as well as the Merricks North Chardonnay, sourced from a small individual vineyard. Both wines deliver handsomely in a market whose competition is becoming steadily more expensive but less reliable. This is a remarkable small brand, and we're proud to feature it at Oliver's Wines.
Chief Executive(s):
Doug Neal, Darrin Gaffy
Winemaker:
Doug Neal, Darrin Gaffy
Viticulturist:
Darrin Gaffy
Address:
139 Main Road , Red Hill , Victoria 3937 Australia
Principal Wine Region:
Mornington Peninsula
