Vasse Felix Heytesbury Chardonnay 2023 (1500ml)

Vasse Felix Heytesbury Chardonnay 2023 (1500ml)James 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

offering beautifully integrated spice notes and cool fruit

The vineyard is planted on deep alluvial clay loam soils on the original Langhorne Creek flood plain

The wine took its name from the very first wine made by Edward Salter in 1862

this is seriously good

mocha-like nuances

and so specific

"One of those Granges that is immediately appealing

The current 2020 vintage is the 34th release of this wine since 1984 – the wine was not made in 1989

Wise winery In Margaret River was established in 1992

Padthaway and the Barossa Valley experienced frosts in September that affected yields

which is still dense by Australian standards

It's an impressive