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Gaffy and Neal The Peninsula (Formerly Merricks North) Chardonnay 2024
$75.00
A 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.
Vintage
2024
Peak years to drink
2032 - 2036
Jeremy's score
97 / 100
Seal type
Screw top
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Gaffy and Neal The Peninsula (Formerly Merricks North) Chardonnay
Mornington Peninsula
Price Range at Release: $50-$99
Vintage: 2024
Alc %: 13.4
$ Rel: 75
A 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.
Last Date Tasted: 08/05/2025
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Cellar
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Drink Now
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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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2024
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97 | 19.2 | 2032-2036+  | Buy it
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2023
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98 | 19.5 | 2031-2035+ |
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2022
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97 | 19.2 | 2030-2034+ |
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2021
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96 | 19.0 | 2029-2033+ |
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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
