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88 Points
Moonfish Denmark Chardonnay 2022 - doz @ $22ea.
Varietal
Chardonnay
ABV
Vintage
2022
Volume
Closure
Peak Drinking
Overview
Buyers must be at least 18 years old and located outside a designated dry zone to purchase alcohol.
Tasting Notes
A brilliant, fresh, green straw colour. A complex, perfumed nose of citrus and fresh nectarines balanced by toasty french oak and a savoury cashew barrel ferment character. The use of free-run juice has produced an impressively elegant cool climate chardonnay, achieving a perfect balance between delicate fruit flavours, texture and length. Initial flavours of grapefruit and stone fruit lead to a richer and more textured mid palate that finishes with lingering citrus acidity balanced by spicy French oak.
Winemaking
This Chardonnay is handpicked and whole bunch pressed resulting in the most pristine, high quality juice. The juice is barrel fermented in a mixture of new and second use water-bent French oak barriques. We use several yeast strains, including wild yeast, to add to the layers of complexity. A small proportion of the barrels are lees stirred weekly, and allowed to undergo the secondary malolactic fermentation, introducing a savoury and textural intensity to the finished wine. The wine spends between 11 months in barrel before minimal fining and bottling.
Review
"It's elegantly expressed on the nose showing apricot, red apple, oatmeal and cashew notes, leading to a beautifully rounded palate displaying creamy texture and bright acidity, finishing lingering and smooth. At its best: now to 2028."
88 points - Sam Kim, Wine Orbit.
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