By Farr Chardonnay 2025

Yummm. By Farr is in the top tier of Australian chardonnay, and there are certainly none better. Last year’s GC Chardonnay, the 2024 was my pick all year, so ravishing and tensioned it was. And yet the estate 2025 is a totally different beast.

During our recent discussion, Nick Farr went on to point out that never has a By Farr Chardonnay tasted like this one, due to the high level of malic acid that wasn’t converted to lactic acid (malolactic fermentation). Personally, I believe it’s not so much the taste, but the shape and feel. White flowers, green apple, brioche, cashew, lemon, mandarin, and very saline. Very linear this year, direct, the oak spectacularly integrated, despite the lack of malo. Very long indeed and could do with a few more years to present at it’s very best.

The virtuosity of Farr is on full display here, as is the quality of the material they have to work with, having to adapt to the unique vintage conditions that presented themselves in an unprecedented way in the winery, and yet the wine is still as good as anything the Farr’s have ever released. Unique wine, off a wonderful site. An Australian Grand Cru.

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