2024 Mandala Compass Chardonnay

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Philip Rich - Halliday Wine Companion

Two chardonnay clones, P58 and 76, were picked and processed separately before being matured for 11 months in French oak (40% new). An opulent wine with its bouquet of apricot skins, almonds, lemon oil and acacia honey. It doesn't back away either on the richly fruited, intense, but also well-structured and balanced palate. Finishes pithy and long. Different but equally good, I feel, to the '23.