2021 Chardonnay Hexham Single Vineyard

I Yarra Valley kan man lave Chardonnay på en helt enestående måde. Soumah kalder det selv for ”New Age Chardonnay”, fordi den klassiske storladne fedme og fylde, som Australiens Chardonnayer normalt er kendt for, er svær at spore her. I stedet er der en lethed, en mineralitet og en friskhed, som udtrykker sig moderne og nytænkende – fordi sådan har vi i hvert fald aldrig selv oplevet australsk Chardonnay udtrykke sig.

Hexham vinmarken har et perfekt, køligt klima, og man arbejder med 3 forskellige Chardonnay-kloner (95, 76 og Mendosa), som er udviklet specifikt til at fremelske det elegante og lette i Chardonnay-druens smagsnoter. Vinen lagres i egetræstønder, men man bruger kun 20% nyt træ for virkelig at værne om den sarte frugt, som Chardonnay-druen giver, og for at sikre sig et tydeligt og uspoleret terroir-aftryk.

Glæd dig til en frisk og sprudlende Chardonnay, som vi selv indtil nu kun troede var muligt at producere i Europa. Det er krystalklart og læskende, og det kan kun være et spørgsmål om tid, før Chardonnay-fans får øjnene op for Soumahs genialiteter.

96 point | Cool Climate Wine Challenge

“Year after year a consistently superb, exciting, classy wine! Attractive subtle citrus bouquet with a hint of creamy brioche aromas- sublime palate, delightfully creamy with melon & lime flavours, great length and a superb, long, refreshing finish. Drop dead gorgeous.”

94 point | Winefront

"I dig it. Big time! A site that keeps hitting the high hats time and again I find, this is a fabulous Chardonnay for $40. I’m hooked from the get-go with aromas of barbecued pineapple and dehydrated mango. It’s fresh and fruit-driven with a soft nuttiness in the form of cashews and some almond meal rolling through the mouth. Ribbons of white-fleshed nectarine stretch throughout with a flash of lemon juice skirting the edges. It’s long and dangerously moreish. A fine textural appeal caps it off urging another sip. And you’re damn right I’ll be doing that! Drink to five years+.”

93 point | Winestate

"Fresh, focused and detailed nose with white peach and lemon as well as hazelnut, gentle baking spices and more. Complex and attractive chardonnay here. The palate has bright, crisp acidity underpinning smoothly ripe, peachy fruit, the savory edge of spice and hazelnut book-ending the finish nicely. Lots to like here.”

91 point | James Suckling

“So much pulp, so much grapefruit, so deep the barrels filled with apples in cold water, pips, wheats, ciders and funks. This is a distinctive chardonnay, medium in weight, polarising most likely but not for its funk but more for its cidery-spicy-apple extravagances. Vanilla notes help bring it back to the middle, so to speak. It certainly keeps you interested.”