Willem Kurt Beechworth Chardonnay

Winemaker/owner Daniel Balzer aims for structure and complexity. Gentle pressing straight to barrel, natural fermentation, occasional lees stiring over 1yr. Simple yet very effective. He takes a very minimal approach to wine making, enabling the wine to express its varietal qualities, and the nuances of the season in which it was harvested.

"This weighs in at 12.8% alcohol but just look at the power of it. And the flavour. Peach, cedar, sweet almonds, milky-vanilla-like notes and a quartz-like aspect. This really works up a head of steam once it’s had time to breathe. It’s (pale) straw-coloured and it shows its oak but it’s completely integrated and has semblances of chalky dryness through the finish. Excellent." - winefront.com.au