Chardonnay Forrest Vineyard, Nocturne 2022

The 2022 Single Vineyard Chardonnay is from the Forrest vineyard in central Wilyabrup, north of Margaret River town. The 2022 season was warm, dry, compacted and low yielding, and yet the Chardonnays have managed to be nutty, complex, luxurious in feel and weighty, in the best of ways. Here, this wine is typical of its maker, in that the acidity is juicy and the picking window well-judged. The wine is benefiting from time in bottle and is evolving slowly. It's a beautiful wine that pronounces its place and season. The phenolics through the fish are firm and throaty. 13% alcohol, sealed under screw cap. Drink: 2024-2037