Vasse Felix Heytesbury Chardonnay 2015

Vasse Felix Heytesbury Chardonnay 2015Ray Jordan White Wine of the Year 2016 James Halliday Top 100 Wines of 2016 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 quickly became a sensation on the wine show circuit; the 2009 vintage

On the nose there are complex cedar and mint aromas as well as regional plum fruit characters so typical of the Coonawarra

a classic and intense mix of lime and mineral and toast on the bouquet with touches of honey and toast

I remark to Geoffroy that the Dom Pérignon brand has become friendlier

a little matchstick and an attractive savoury note leads onto the palate which has good depth and persistence

The rest will go into the Impérial

barley sugar

A flavorful and rich finish

James Halliday Top 100 of 2020

" Decanter Magazine

and unlike higher-alcohol reds

which gives it an open deliciousness up front

black and blueberry”