2023 Lambert Chardonnay
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These wines don't seem to get reviewed anywhere (he doesn't need them to sell wine, and also doesn't necessarily care), so I thought I'd get back in the saddle. It's a juicer iteration of this wine, offering plenty of Chardonnay flavour. It tastes of cling peach, lemon oil, pink grapefruit and has a distinct aniseed perfume, plus gentle spice. Its a little bit creamy, a little bit nutty/savoury, though does have plenty of ripe grapefruit zing to it, a fine chalky grip, and plenty of length, with an almost Fruit tingle buzz to it. Flavour with texture. Yum Read more
Critic Reviews
These wines don't seem to get reviewed anywhere (he doesn't need them to sell wine, and also doesn't necessarily care), so I thought I'd get back in the saddle. It's a juicer iteration of this wine, offering plenty of Chardonnay flavour. It tastes of cling peach, lemon oil, pink grapefruit and has a distinct aniseed perfume, plus gentle spice. Its a little bit creamy, a little bit nutty/savoury, though does have plenty of ripe grapefruit zing to it, a fine chalky grip, and plenty of length, with an almost Fruit tingle buzz to it. Flavour with texture. Yum
Because the 2023 vintage was so cool and drawn out, Luke Lambert ended up picking chardonnay from the Denton vineyard a little later than usual. The result is a typically restrained, pristine and citrus-juicy expression of the grape, but with a little more deliciously appealing fruit than the particularly lean, focused and chalky 2022.
Technical Attributes
- Producer: Lambert Wines
- Varietal: Riesling
- Region: Yarra Valley
- Alcohol: 14.0%
- Net volume: 750ml
- Vintage: 2023
- Cellar until 2030
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Style GuideDry Sweet
Tasting Notes
Lambert’s crystalline 2023 Chardonnay is drawn from its usual plot of clone 95 Chardonnay at the top of the east-facing slope in Denton Vineyard. Here, the granitic soils are elevated and are considerably thinner than further down the slope where the Crudo vines (P58) are located. Clone 95 is an early-ripening clone with small canopies and berries, so Luke pays particular attention to managing sun exposure and picking dates for these vines. The winemaking is typical Lambert. The fruit is pressed as whole bunches, ferments naturally and matures in a 2000-litre foudre with a touch more lees stirring this year to build texture around the bright, citrusy frame. Luke has often told us that Denton’s granitic character can be seen most acutely in Chardonnay, and all that mineral tension, stone fruit and river stone flavour screams through in this cracking vintage. It’s one of the most pristine, focused Lambert Chardonnays we have tasted. Back up the truck.
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