BK Wines Swaby Chardonnay 2023

BK Wines Swaby Chardonnay 2023

$48.00

A chardonnay lover’s chardonnay, stylistically ticking just about every delectable box possible. Star jasmine, gardenia, cream, citrus and orchard fruits, cream, wood spice and honey. Explosive flavour, energetic, detailed and refined, the fruit tangy, tensioned and softened by clotted cream and high quality oak. And just when you thought the journey was over, a long vein minerals, preserved vine leaves and salt. Incredible quality fruit and magnificent wine making. Waters Wine Co

“Swaby is always unapologetically Swaby, and this vintage sees the wine even more defined and immovable. For me, the balance of its savoury spice grit – nutmeg, ginger and cardamom pod – together with its almost furious saline acidic twang, is god-tier drinking. It feels true and almost fibrous, and by that I mean it is a textural marvel. Whole-bunch pressed, bâttonage, unfiltered and unfined with 25% new French oak. You feel the many skeins of flavour woven in. There’s are spicy pear, dried lime characters, and funky bitters to it all. An interesting, resolute and whole wine.” 95 Points – Katrina Butler, Halliday Wine Companion

“Mineral-driven, with layers of citrus peel, lemon-lime sherbet, oyster shells, flint and cheese rind. The palate is medium-bodied with vivid acidity, giving notes of grapefruit pith, honeysuckle, lime curd and sea salt. Some old-vine character from vines planted in 1987. Excellent. Drink or hold.” 95 Points – JamesSuckling.com

100% Piccadilly Chardonnay, handpicked, wild-yeast fermentation, whole bunch pressed to barrel, some bâttonage, 10 months in 25% new French oak, unfiltered and unfined, only 200 dozen made. Producer’s notes

 

 

 

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Every winemaker has an ambition to express the complex notion of vineyard and vintage. But how best to do this? Patrick Sullivan works with chardonnay and pinot noir across various sites in Victoria. Both varieties have the advantage of producing stunning wines from an abundance of method and technique, in both the vineyard and cellar. Wine, like any other facet of human existence, experiences fads and fashions, yet the wines crafted by Patrick Sullivan are made in such a way to highlight the essence of varietal as much as tease out the nuances of vineyard.

Both colours are opulent, round in shape, with ripe fruit, firm structures and integrated acids. Vineyards are farmed with biodynamic or organic principles and the grapes are not picked until they reach full phenolic ripeness. The reds are completely destemmed after being chilled down and left to ferment naturally. Fermentation is kept cool, lasting for up to three weeks, before being pressed off into old French oak. Sweet and tangy red fruits, round in shape, spicy, rich tannins and a savouriness uncommon in Australian pinot noir. We often forget how powerful and full bodied pinot noir can be, that intense tight threading of grace and strength. Patrick Sullivan’s are amongst Australia’s deepest and most haunting, charming and powerful pinots.

The chardonnays remind me of Burgundy 20 years ago. Chardonnay, so naturally voluptuous, rich, textural and palate coating that was seemingly, effortlessly allowed to express itself. Not to put too fine a point on it, here we have a range of chardonnays that are rich, full bodied and so you don’t miss it, shaped like a Titian nude. Grapes are chilled down, whole cluster crushed, before being transferred to French oak (30% new) for natural fermentation. Malolactic fermentation is also allowed to take place and the lees are stirred twice. Winemakers chasing acid, steel and leanness would most probably be surprised at the abundance of acidity and freshness these. These chardonnays are not illusions of Burgundy – rather the teachings and learnings of the old masters for a young country.

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