Wantirna Estate Isabella Chardonnay 2009

Wantirna Estate Isabella Chardonnay 2009Wantirna Estate Vineyard is located just 22 km from the centre of the city of Melbourne in a suburb of the same name. It was founded by Reg and Bertina Egan in 1963. Today winemaking is a joint effort between Reg and his daughter, Maryann Egan. The father and daughter team have built a cult following for their artisanal wines. "Expect this to build in the bottle in a Meursault like style. Backed by notes of minerals and creamy, leesy notes, wheatmeal

"An explosive bouquet of mocha

Drink 2028-2055+ 14

winemaking was carried out at Saltram and maturation and bottling at Stoneyfell

Deft acidity over untroubled waters

Twiggy and smoky with beet

with savoury

and while they are quite different wines and hard to separate qualitatively

"  Ned Goodwin MW - 94 points

'It is starting to be quite popular

with vibrant dark sour-edged and lightly salty fruits wound around a firm spine of powdery tannins

Today Dog Ridge produces a range of boutique wines from 90 acres of premium McLaren Vale vineyards

but the sub-region certainly seems to ripen its grape crop with relative ease