2006 Single Vineyard Chardonnay

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Colour: light straw with pale green tints
Bouquet:aromatics of lime, white peach, nectarines, grapefruit
Palate: lemon sorbet fruit, stone fruits and hints of hazelnut integrating with harmonious slightly smoky oak. 
Grape Variety: 100% Chardonnay 70% Gin Gin clone and 30% Davis clone

Campbell Mattinson April 25, 2007 “Fresh, zesty, sensible wine - if you don't like this, then you just don't like chardonnay. Only a small portion of it went through malo-lactic fermentation and only a small portion saw new oak - so, in effect, Margaret River chardonnay, the grape not the man, is on full show. And a lovely show it is. Pounds of slinky, grapefruity, pear-like, lemony fruit flavours reach right through the mouth, finishing with a slightly cedary, cashewy, melony tang. Forget the components - the wine itself is just delish. 13% alcohol. Love it. Drink: 2007-2011. 91 points.  
Adelaide Advertiser Top 100 91 points “From southwest WA, this wine caught the judges’ eyes with its chablis-like character from start to finish, green straw and a fine lemony feel underneath some melon and peach flavours and a crisp structure adding to its distinctive style and cool and more-ishly dry personality..”
Huon Hooke Gourmet Traveller Wine 100 Top New Releases Sept/Oct issue “The West Australian chardonnay offers a pungent, grapefruity regional nose with a hint of gooseberry – very fruit-driven.  It’s lean and delicate, tight and subtle in the mouth, with moderate persistence – 89 points.”  
Australian Gourmet Pages – wine notes by Franz Scheurer.  ‘Hailing from the Wilyabrup Valley, Margaret River, this is a tightly structured Chardonnay representing both the terroir and the talents of the wine maker.  This wine is a terrific example of a Chablis-like Chardonnay. With lots of ripe grapefruit and some orange peel on the nose it convinces with a creamy mouthfeel, balanced structure and natural, mineral acidity, making it a definite food wine’.  
Louise Radman Gourmet Travellor Wine Best of the Best ‘Rave Wines’ 2006 Moss Brothers Single Vineyard Chardonnay, Margaret River, A$35.  From the Wilyabrup subregion of Margaret River, this wine is a vision of what we can do with chardonnay in Australia.  A wonderful example of subtlety and finesse with vibrant fruit and seamless oak intergration.”