Vasse Felix Heytesbury Chardonnay 2023

Vasse Felix Heytesbury Chardonnay 2023James Suckling Top 100 Wines of Australia 2024 "Shines as brightly as any of the stars in Margaret Rivers galaxy of great chardonnay." Ray Jordan Vasse Felix, Margaret Rivers founding wine estate, is one of the heavyweights of Australian wine. The first Chardonnay under the flagship Heytesbury label was made in 1996, but it was the arrival of Virginia Willcock as Chief Winemaker in 2006 that helped it become a benchmark Australian Chardonnay. The wine

The Lynns were purely grape growers until 1991

Drink 2013-2021+

and knowledge of

a treasure trove of delights will be released

sustained by fine-ground tannins of considerable endurance

as the oak integration is so superb – with florals

This was one of them and it stacked up tremendously against its younger counterparts

not too cold

but we’ve got rid of coal seam gas in the Valley… it’s gone and I guess in the end AGL shot themselves in the foot – we’ve got them out of this immediate area

Henri of old which allows classy fruit to shine without too many other distractions

add complexity to the bouquet and opulence to the palate

we want to manage the vineyards and winery so they can be passed on to the next generation in better condition than we inherited them