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Savaterre Frere Cadet Chardonnay 2024
$80.00
According to Keppell Smith, this chardonnay is from a neighbour’s vineyard, and if I had to guess, I would think it’s the wonderful Indigo vineyard. It’s even more dialed up than the estate in terms of lifted aromatics and luminosity. Orchard fruit, lime, grapefruit, wood spice, cashew and buttered toast combine on a bright, slick and streamlined palate. Terrific energy and tightly wound, a surging drive of acidity that’s beautifully cut and penetrating.
A brilliant example of Beechworth chardonnay’s undoubted power formed around a core of citrus, quince, stone fruits, pear, lemon curd biscuit and hazelnut. Complex at every turn, it weaves a course across the palate, tight in nervy energy and tension. It has fine-edged acidity, ripe fruit, streamlined vanillin oak, leesy notes and a budding complexity; remember, it is very much early days for this chardonnay. Comes together well and in perfect tune to close. 95 points – Jeni Port, Halliday Wine Companion
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Producer Profile
Savaterre is a super-premium winery in the Australian Alps, just outside the picturesque town of Beechworth. The site was discovered in 1996 by owner and winemaker Keppell Smith, following an extensive search across Australia’s finest wine regions. Drawn by the area’s mild summer days, cool-climate elevation and the rolling foothills of the Victorian Alps, Keppell recognised the perfect terroir for producing wines of precision and depth.
Inspired by Old World winemaking traditions and guided by organic principles, the focus is on crafting world-class wines that speak clearly of place.
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