2016 Gilbert Museum Chardonnay

Highly Rated
Museum release 97 point Chardonnay from one of NSW's best young winemaking talents.

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The 2016 vintage at Gilbert was Will Gilbert's first harvest at home since his trip to Burgundy.

It was a pivotal vintage where he started to leave his thumbprint on his family label. This Chardonnay was one of his babies that he has held back for a museum release to show just how well these super high altitude Chardonnays can age.

It's a glorious Chardonnay now in full flight.

97 points
"Power and sophistication, it's all here."
- Shanteh Wale (Halliday Wine Companion)

97 points - "Fruit grown between 970m and 1030m elevation on the Borrodell vineyard. Fermented and matured in a combination of new one, two and three-year French oak and a 600L concrete egg. After partial mlf, the wine was left on light less and stirred weekly for three months and slowed to monthly thereafter before maturation in tank for a further six months on lees. In almost perfect vintage conditions, the Gilbert family made hay while the sun shone, squirrelling away some stellar juice for a rainy day. Baked apples, peach cobbler and upside-down pineapple cake. Warmed Anzac biscuits, candied ginger and grated nutmeg, walnut paste and curry leaf. Driving acidity, but it's the latticework of texture and flavour depth that you'll be swooning over. Power and sophistication, it's all here." - Shanteh Wale (Halliday Wine Companion)

Beautifully golden in colour.

Fresh Melon. White Peach. Crunchy Pear. Polished and Complex.

Price Bracket $51 to $100
Type White
Body Full Bodied
Variety Chardonnay
Country Australia
Region Orange
Australian State NSW
Feature High Score
Reviewed By Halliday Wine Companion
Critic Score 97
Alcohol 13%
Size 750ml
Vintage 2016
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Gilbert Wines

Will Gilbert is a sixth-generation winemaker based in Mudgee in country NSW who's taken up the family mantle.

The Gilbert family sources fruit from local vineyards in and around the Mudgee area as well as from premium vineyards in the cooler region of Orange. Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Sauvignon Blanc feature heavily in their excellent lineup as well as a suite of experimental wines, including Pet Nats and Piquettes.

Will is one of the most exciting young winemaking talents in NSW at the moment. If you like to keep your ear close to the ground on what's hot, Will's wines are to have a close eye kept on them.

Winemaker Will Gilbert Gilbert Wines

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