Secret Village Chardonnay 2023
The 2023 vintage has given us excellent white wines. The bouquet is complex with grapefruit/citrus fruit aromas, pear and stone-fruit, and well as struck match from the winemaking and vanilla from the gentle oak handling. The use of French oak is very subtle, but barrel fermentation has given the wine complexity and spice.
The palate is wonderfully balanced: a seamless combination of elegant Beechworth Chardonnay fruit with plenty of depth, the complexity of barrel fermentation and the classic mineral crisp finish typical of Beechworth’s granite soils.
Gold Medal International Cool Climate Wine Show
96 Points & considered special value for money - Halliday Wine Companion
This label is reserved for wines which are of exceptional quality and tiny production. The name comes from the camp at Big Hill built in 1875 for the construction of the railway to Beechworth. All that remains is the base of two brick kilns which were used for the construction of the culverts.
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