LVDO Forreston Chardonnay 2024

From the winemaker -

This might just be the very last single vintage LVDO Chardonnay, so I better make it count I thought... More details on this in a year’s time. But as for the 2024 Forreston Chardonnay, my purpose was to fill an important void in the Australian Chardonnay landscape; a savoury, textural, salty white harnessed with controlled and complexing oxydation. A style that immediately makes you think of topped up Jura or avantgarde Burgs. An ode to what Chardonnay could also be in the sea of uniformly flinty and reductive wines from all around the country. Rebellious? Maybe. But I’d rather call it imaginative.

Made in a Jura style with real precision and class. Aromas of white orchard fruit, grilled lemons, lanolin, salted nuts, sea spray and olive brine. The palate is textural and rounded, with a fine phenolic grip, long acidity and nuanced notes of yeast and grilled citrus. This is very delicious, a nod to an oxidative style with a saline and minerally finish. Drink or hold.