These Seville Estate Chardonnays are schmick and radiate focus and precision. Dylan McMahon has an eye for detail and he is in his element here. The Reserve 2020 stood tall against its peers in a recent tasting of some top-flight Yarra Valley Chardys. This 2021 is super as well.
Whole bunch pressed on full solids, wild yeast fermented in 500L French oak before seeing 10 months in French oak (20% new), no malolactic fermentation and bottled without fining.
That delicate creamy drive underpins a class act once more. Some tension, it's all white fleshed nectarines, streams of lemon juice flowing with ease plus a classy nuttiness driving long - think raw cashews and almond meal. A concentration of barbecued peaches on the mid-palate adds detail and it's thrilling to wonder where this will be in 5+ years. The fruit drive is the winner, and like Freddy Mercury, I want it all and I want it now.
Drink to 8 years+
95/100
Region: Yarra ValleySource: Sample
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