Tasting Notes
Our 2025 Old Hill Chardonnay exhibits aromatics of citrus blossom, roasted hazelnuts and white peach. On the palate, excellent structure and length are complemented by brioche, lemon and lime and white blossom.
Vinification
The Old Hill block chardonnay grapes were hand-picked and fermented in French oak barriques ( 25% new ) using wild yeast and left to mature on lees for eight months.
Winemaker: Scott McCarthy
2025 Vintage
The 2025 vintage saw warmer days and nights and fewer rain events resulting in well - formed grape bunches. This parcel of fruit was harvested on the 28th of February.
Wine Reviews
" From the Upper Goulburn in Central Victoria comes this excellent chardonnay. The colour is a subtle pale straw and the aromas display some nice floral citrus notes with a little stone fruit and nutty character. The palate which is quite delicate, yet still intense with good core fruit concentration, extends with precision through to a long finish. It's had 25% new oak, which is nicely weighted for the fruit weight". 94 points.
Ray Jordan, Wine Pilot. March 2026
"This is a sophisticated and sure footed chardonnay with excellent length and overall complexity. It tastes of nuts, grilled peach, sweet cedar and apricot kernels with flint and mineral notes as highlights. There's texture to this wine too but it's not over the top; it's just enough to give the wine a complex creaminess. This wine is excellent now but I wouldn't be suprised if it scores even higher with a little more bottle age". $40 RRP. 93+ Points.
Campbell Mattinson. March 2026