2023 Oakridge 864 Henk Aqueduct Block Chardonnay

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A wine where we speak in contradictions - generous yet refined powerful but elegant.

GBP 97.00

In any 6 mixed bottles from this Winery

GBP 87.00 In any 12 mixed bottles from this Winery

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Minimum 6 mixed bottle purchase per winery, in quantities of 6

Our 864 range features exceptional wines from specific and single blocks produced in small quantities and released in only the best years. An Oakridge 864 wine is terroir-driven. Made to demonstrate the importance of time and place with every bottle and always a tribute to tradition these wines are ready to drink now or cellar.

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Region	Yarra Valley
Varietal	Chardonnay
Vintage	2023
Alcohol %	13.4
Wine Style	A vintage defined by cool wet conditions low crops and harvesting late into autumn. The resulting wines have great depth offlavour and vibrant balanced acidities. Flowering occurred in late October fruit set in December and harvest on March 17th at 12.6 baume.
Reviews	Halliday Wine Companion - 98ptsFrom the highest section at Henk around 260m. Whole-bunch pressed to 500L French puncheons 20 new wild-yeast fermented matured for 10 months on lees. With its pure and precise bouquet of perfectly ripened white peaches and pears confit lemon and just a hint of pure acacia honey this is unmistakably great from the first whiff. Beautifully balanced and structured this flows effortlessly across the palate. Absolute top of the tops and destined to be long lived. Philip RichThe Wine Front - 96ptsThe complete chardonnay. Body flavour texture length and X-factor all set within a neat immaculate frame. For pure exacting quality this is as good as anything anywhere. It tastes of tonic-like herbs white peach citrus woodsmoke oatmeal grapefruit steel and cumin and while I wouldnt call it either flinty or reductive theres just a smidgen of something extra there the wind catching the brides veil and making it flutter. I could marvel at this wine all day its brilliant. Campbell MattinsonRobert Parker Wine Advocate - 95ptsThe 2023 864 Aqueduct Block Henk Vineyard Chardonnay hails from Woori Yallock. Planted in 2008 with a north-facing exposition at 260 meters in elevation the vineyard has red volcanic soils that support the low-cropping Dijon clone 95 at 4.6 tonnes per hectare. In the winery the fruit is whole-bunch pressed direct to French puncheons for a wild ferment 20 new. The wine then spent 10 months on the fine lees in barrel with a further six months elevage after being blended in tank still on the lees. Aromatically it leads with white stone fruit and exotic spice shades of fennel and anise wet rose and white pepper. On the palate the wine is intensely concentrated with the phenolic tension in the wine both chalky and structural at once. If ever there was a wine that begged for more time in bottle it would be this. All the hallmarks are here for a graceful future but if you choose to drink it now a decant will help you enormously. 13.4 alcohol sealed under screw cap. Drink 2025 2038. Erin Larkin
Virtual Tasting Link	https://www.instagram.com/p/DO-c-ZAFDLh/
Bottle Volume	750 ML

Tasting Notes

Vivid straw with a slight green edge to the hue. An intense lift of grapefruit and exotic citrus aromas burst out of the glass. Flecks of flint and nougat complement the exuberant array of fruits on display. Subtle toasted hazelnuts add to the complex set of aromas enticing the consumer for more. On the palate an explosion of fruit flavours are reflective of the aromas. Polished white peaches and grapefruit flesh are incredibly vivid. Specks of finger lime add contrast to the succulent experience. A very fluid journey across the palate completes the tactile experience where not a hair is out of place. A wine where we speak in contradictions - generous yet refined powerful but elegant.

Winemakers Notes

All grapes hand-picked and sorted prior to whole bunch pressing direct to French oak puncheons for natural fermentation. 20 of the barrels were new. Post-fermentation the wine was matured on its fermentation lees for 10 months in barrel followed by a further six months on lees in tank prior to bottling after a single filtration.