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Winemaker notes Colour: Pale Gold Bouquet: Our Reserve Chardonnay has a bright and lifted nose of sweet pastry, lemon curd and fleshy white stonefruit. Palate: The palate displays a rich and layered mix of fresh stonefruit, citrus and intense vanilla bean flavours. A fine mineral thread ensures a wine of length and persistence. Viticulture The vineyard is planted on Karri loam gravel soils with underlying laterite. Vine rows run north south down a moderate north facing slope and are clone Gin-Gin with trellis structured to vertical shoot positioning. The vineyard is subject to the cool Southern Ocean breezes and ripens slowly, evenly and with naturally high acidity. Winemaking The fruit is handpicked then cooled before whole bunch pressing. New and seasoned barrels are filled directly from the press to enhance complexity. Only the free run fraction is reserved with harder pressings separated to ensure a delicate and fine expression of the fruit in this wine. The juice is left to ferment spontaneously and can take up to three weeks to ferment with some cooling at the height of ferment. After ferment the barrels are topped and gently stirred with inert gas protection monthly. A small number of barrels were encouraged to finish malolactic fermentation to ameliorate the natural acidity. After nine months in barrel the wine is assembled in tank and aged on lees to further encourage complexity.

Wines by Kylie Minogue is an exquisite, elegant portfolio of bespoke wines, crafted with passion and integrity. Each wine is expertly sourced with expression, elegance and quality in mind, with each blend personally hand-picked by Kylie. Pure straw-lemon hue with seductive aromas of pear essence, fresh peach and honeysuckle. The layered and creamy mouthfeel underlays delicate citrus, ripe orchard fruit and toasted hazelnut notes, all combining into an intense and long apple-vanilla patisserie nish.

Beautiful seasonal conditions. The wine is loaded with lovely ripe fruit characters displaying classic varietal flavours. The palate is balanced and structured with strong mid palate fruit and fine tannins. A near perfect season with blackcurrant, mulberry and cassis seamlessly woven with French oak and supple tannins.

Pale yellow youthful green tinges, which I equate with quality young chardonnay. Aromatics are instantly very serious. Intense fruit nectarines and white peaches melding with lemon citrus beautiful French oak hovering just above the wine at the moment intense more than a cursory nod to Burgundy. The tiniest whiff of sulphides perfect for a wine of this age. When sipped, the wine shows its incredible intensity, no doubt derived from the very low yield.

Very small quantities of this wine made unfortunately. The wine is tight and intense which will ensure it ages well, some citrus to compliment the stone fruit and fine oak. Finishing with beautiful length and natural acid.

Made from vines planted in 2002, the fruit was harvested at moderate ripeness, based on flavour and retention of natural acidity, then barrel fermented in French oak and aged for a further ten months. In the glass: Green straw, yellow highlights.On the nose: Bold and striking lime and nectarine freshness with subtle, complexing ozone and oyster shell notes.On the palate: Terrific poise and balance with the beautiful aromas carrying precisely through to the palate, driven by lime-like acidity and perfectly judged quality oak.

Deeply coloured, with the classic bouquet of briar Cabernet and unmistakably Margaret River this wine has a rich and structured palate of some dimension and length.

Voyager have really moved their Chardonnay into the top tier in recent vintages. It displays the richness, complexity and structure that compares with the region's best. Should age very well.