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Mac Forbes 'Yarra Valley' Chardonnay 2023
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- TASTING NOTE: "A few hours of skin contact before being fermented and matured in mainly seasoned barriques. Tightly wound but clearly good with its aromas of subtle orchard fruits, yellow flowers and a little struck match. Fills out on the palate, and there's some real density to the fruit. Very well balanced. I like, too, how Mac Forbes' chardonnays are just that little more approachable in their youth these days." 95 Points - Philip Rich, Halliday Wine Companion
- ABOUT THE WINE: The Yarra Valley Chardonnay is a blend of fruit from grower vineyards and properties farmed across both the upper Yarra and Valley floor. Destemmed and crushed before pressing; fermented in barriques on solids with native yeasts and aged for 11 months in old large and small format oak.
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ABOUT THE PRODUCER: "Mac Forbes cut his teeth at Mount Mary, where he was winemaker for several years before heading overseas in ’02. He spent 2 years in London working for Southcorp in a marketing role, then travelled to Portugal and Austria to gain further experience. He returned to the Yarra Valley prior to the ’05 vintage, purchasing grapes to make his own wines. Today, Mac makes a Victorian range and a Yarra Valley range from grower fruit, and a single-vineyard range from his own sites, which have been increasing and improving through trial and error since he got his hands on the Woori Yallock vineyard in ’11. They have been dry farmed since ’15, with a move towards organics from ’17." - James Halliday
- COUNTRY: Australia
- REGION: Yarra Valley, Victoria
- VARIETAL: Chardonnay
- WINE STYLE: White Wine
- WINEMAKER: Hannah Maltby
- CLASSIFICATION: Sustainable Farming
- CLOSURE: Screwcap
- ABV%: 12%
- SIZE: 750ml
