Toolangi Pauls Lane Chardonnay 2025
AU$50, 13.4% alcohol, screwcap, Yarra Valley.
This needs another year or two (or three) in bottle but it will be a beauty in time. It tastes of sea-shells and apple, peaches and musk, smoked cedar and gun metal, though it’s arguably most distinguished by its rocky, salty, non-fruit mineral qualities. It feels dry, it extends long, and it brings crushed fennel notes to the very finish as it breathes. It’s classy in an understated, not-sweet way. In summary, it’s interesting plus plus.
94+ points – Campbell Mattinson.
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See also [Toolangi Pauls Lane Chardonnay 2024]
