2022 Sailor Seeks Horse Chardonnay

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Phenomenal Chardonnay from one of Tasmania's hottest producers.
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Sailor Seeks Horse has been one of the breakout Tasmanian producers of the last decade. The Lipscombes are one of Tasmanian wine's power couples, having taken Home Hill to soaring heights in recent times.

Their own private label is rare as hen's teeth and of supreme quality. Grown on their own vineyard in the Huon Valley, this is quickly becoming one of Tasmania's most sought-after white wines.

This is Chardonnay at its most pure and restrained. The wonderful fruit from this blossoming site squarely placed front and centre for all to admire. It's razor sharp, tightly wound and intensely focused.

This is a serious modern Australian Chardonnay.

95 points
"An expressive, oatmeal-flecked Huon Valley chardonnay, all white peach, nectarine and citrus with soft spice, grilled nuts, stone, nougat, wildflowers, curd and softly spoken vanillin oak. There's a richness and textural flow that I like here, perhaps the 'hyperox' at pressing coming into play. Yet there is a stony, savoury minerality to its form, all detail and precision. Everything in tune, finishing long and pure."
- Dave Brookes (Halliday Wine Companion)

96 points
"Light straw-yellow hue and a beautiful, haunting bouquet of dried flowers and herbs, citrus fruits (lemon, grapefruit), wheat, cream and subtle details of croissant and crusty bread. Very finely textured palate, intense and balanced, savoury in nature and understated, the finish long and refreshing. Super impressive chardonnay!"
- Huon Hooke (The Real Review)

2022 was a standout vintage for Chardonnay in the Huon Valley. Just the right combination of weather and yields to create wines of precision and balance. Our hallmark tends to be a slatey, briney, almost mineral-like palate weight which unites the three Chardonnays from 2022.

The clone 76 is its typically aromatic self, fermented on skins to give texture and flavour but with that precise acid line to keep it fresh. The Huldufolk's whole-bunch pressing straight to oak gives it depth and palate weight while the Chardonnay is all about cool-climate elegance.

Whole bunch pressed, 'hyperox' into press tray, 12 hour settle in tank, racked to 300L hogsheads, 20% new, wild ferment, no MLF, full lees 12 months' elevage in barrel, then 3 months in tank before bottling. Not fined. Mostly 277 and 95 clones with a little 96. Citrus, stone fruit, slatey middle palate, touch of richness, spice, white pepper

95 points - "An expressive, oatmeal-flecked Huon Valley chardonnay, all white peach, nectarine and citrus with soft spice, grilled nuts, stone, nougat, wildflowers, curd and softly spoken vanillin oak. There's a richness and textural flow that I like here, perhaps the 'hyperox' at pressing coming into play. Yet there is a stony, savoury minerality to its form, all detail and precision. Everything in tune, finishing long and pure." - Dave Brookes (Halliday Wine Companion)

96 points - "Light straw-yellow hue and a beautiful, haunting bouquet of dried flowers and herbs, citrus fruits (lemon, grapefruit), wheat, cream and subtle details of croissant and crusty bread. Very finely textured palate, intense and balanced, savoury in nature and understated, the finish long and refreshing. Super impressive chardonnay! (Unfined, no malolactic, 20% new oak)" - Huon Hooke (The Real Review)

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    4 years ago
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    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Sailor seeks Horse Chardonnay

    A big chardonnay. Some elements of butteriness and oakiness. Great.

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Sailor Seeks Horse

Sailor Seeks Horse is one of the Apple Isle's most exciting new producers. It's a husband and wife team behind the scenes, Paul and Gilli Lipscombe.

The Lipscombes produce exquisite Pinot Noir and Chardonnay off their estate vineyard, planted by their own hands, back in 2005. The wines have startling energy to them, with a pinpoint balance of fruit and savoury spice. They are released in perilously small amounts and are never around for long.

With the small cult following the couple have garnered since starting their own label, their wines are now hunted by serious collectors who want to be in on the ground floor.

As Mike Bennie declared with Paul and Gilli's inaugural 2013 Pinot Noir release, "We have here a new star in the making." Tasmanian Pinot and Chardonnay lovers, don't miss these scintillating wines.

Paul and Gilli Lipscombe Sailor Seeks Horse

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