2023 First Foot Forward Chardonnay

96 pts
Excellent value 96 point Upper Yarra Valley Chardonnay from Martin Siebert at First Foot Forward. 
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Martin Siebert has an impressive resume having worked at Benjamin Leroux in Burgundy, Pegasus Bay in NZ and Yarra Yering in the Yarra Valley. His own project here now with First Foot Forward. The wines show every ounce of his experience.

This is Chardonnay from cool sites in the Yarra. If you like Yarra Chardonnay, you're going to like this - it's as simple as that.

This is great drinking here for the Yarra fan that's not going to bust the bank.

96 points
"Fruit from Lone Star Creek in the Woori Yallock and Rising Vineyard in St Andrews. Whole bunch pressed to puncheons and a couple of new hogsheads. A very bright green gold. Aromas of ripe white peaches and hazelnuts, with the oak sitting very discreetly in the background. There's terrific intensity on the very well-balanced, structured and long palate. Lovely wines from this producer for the 2023 vintage."
- Philip Rich (Halliday Wine Companion)

96 points - "Fruit from Lone Star Creek in the Woori Yallock and Rising Vineyard in St Andrews. Whole bunch pressed to puncheons and a couple of new hogsheads. A very bright green gold. Aromas of ripe white peaches and hazelnuts, with the oak sitting very discreetly in the background. There's terrific intensity on the very well-balanced, structured and long palate. Lovely wines from this producer for the 2023 vintage." - Philip Rich (Halliday Wine companion)

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    Anthony W.
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    1 month ago
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Fantastic Value

    I've always loved good Chardonnay but started to think it was too expensive find anything good enough to enjoy. My wife and I love this one and it is great value. Can't tell you why but it is very good.

This is the coming together of two famed vineyards on opposite ends of the Yarra Valley. Two thirds was made from handpicked fruit from the cool LoneStar Creek vineyard in the Upper Yarra and the balance is from the old vines at Rising Vineyard in St Andrews.

The majority of the fruit was hand harvested when the berries were changing from green to gold (in the citrus to stone fruit flavour spectrum) and whole bunch pressed before the cloudy juice was put to mostly 500L French barrels for wild fermentations. About 20% of the wine was fermented in new French oak whilst a portion of the wine was fermented in stainless steel, maximising the freshness and drive.

There was no malolactic fermentation with this wine to keep the tight acid line supporting the fruit weight. The wine was kept on lees and was bottled with only a course filtration after 10 months in barrel.

Full flavoured yet light on its feet. This is delicious modern Yarra Chardonnay.

Chardonnay clones: Bernard 76 and Bernard 95

Price Bracket $31 to $40
Type White
Body Full Bodied
Variety Chardonnay
Country Australia
Region Yarra Valley
Australian State VIC
Reviewed By Halliday Wine Companion
Critic Score 96
Size 750ml
Vintage 2023
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