2020 Dexter Black Label Chardonnay

Highly Rated
Rich and creamy premium Chardonnay offering from the Mornington Peninsula.
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Tod Dexter certainly knows how to make Chardonnay shine - after all, it's one of the two varieties Dexter specialise in.

This is their premium offering, and it's filled with richness and complexity, a stellar wine for all lovers of a creamy Chardonnay.

Only produced in spectacular vintages, the Black Label Chardonnay boasts all the good stuff you'd expect to find inside. Flavours and fragrances of citrus, lashings of beautiful French oak, and a silky texture from full malolactic fermentation and lees ageing. The acidity keeps it all in check, giving a beautifully balanced drop. Marvellous.

95 Points - "Golden colour. Perfumed, some mint too, nuts, honey, cinnamon and cedar, grapefruit and white nectarine. It's tight and fine, bright in citrus acidity, but supple too, powdery texture, saline and nutty, with a very long finish. A striking wine, and I like its oxidative sort of non-fruity style too. Very adult. And excellent." - Gary Walsh (The Wine Front)

96 Points - "<span class="cs-reviewBody">A light and vibrant straw-yellow colour. Aromas of white peach, oyster shell, and bacon fat all lift from the glass. The palate shows a wonderful tension of restrained intensity and focus. White-peach fruit, lemon balm herbals, roasted nut notes and a saline minerality all vying for attention. A fine net of acidity allows movement but retains control and drives it incredibly long to the finish. A wine that will offer reward for many years to come.</span> " - Stuart Knox (The Real Review)

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    Ward S.
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    Wine Knowledge Level Cork Dork
    1 year ago
    Wine Knowledge Level Cork Dork
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Highest quality Chardonnay on the peninsula

    Extremely balanced oak treatment meant the fruit shine through - nectarine, peach, brilliant line of acid. High quality and worth the price.

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Hand picked Bernard 76 and 277 Chardonnay was gently whole bunch pressed into a tank oxidatively. Before transfer into French oak puncheons, the tank was mixed to ensure all solids were taken to Puncheon (10% new, 90% third and fourth use). 100% completed MLF and was left on yeast lees until it was transferred to tank to prepare for bottling. The wine was bottled 10 months after harvest.

Price Bracket $51 to $100
Type White
Body Full Bodied
Variety Chardonnay
Country Australia
Region Mornington Peninsula
Australian State VIC
Feature High Score
Reviewed By The Wine Front
The Real Review
Critic Score 95
96
Alcohol 13%
Size 750ml
Vintage 2020
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