Past Accolades and Awards:

93 Points - Campbell Mattinson, Australian Wine Companion
"First impression is that the warm season has produced an immediately appealing, fruit-filled wine. Sit with it though and notice the steeliness of its stare, the swagger of oatmeal, its general unforced elegance. Grapefruit and pear notes lead to wood spice and a mealy savouriness. In short, this is the archetypal 'something for everyone' wine."

2009 Vintage: 95 Points - Tyson Stelzer
"Hordes of people at my wine courses are rediscovering chardonnay because, in their words, it doesn't taste like chardonnay. At least not like the flabby abominations that turned them off! With a high proportion of cool, Upper Yarra fruit, this mineral, textured style is converting them back.'

From the Winery

Sourced from hillside sloping vineyards in the Upper and Lower Yarra Valley, the grapes are pressed using gentle handling techniques. Coldstream Hills Chardonnay is barrel fermented and matured in French oak barrels for nine months prior to blending and bottling.

The Upper Yarra Chardonnay generally provides attractive citrus notes, with minerally notes and length; the Lower Yarra is normally fuller in style with attractive white peach and quince characters. Blending of parcels from both regions produces wines of complexity, varietal definition and length.