2022 Burnside Vineyard Chardonnay

The 2022 Burnside Vineyard Chardonnay is the most powerful and sumptuous of the three Chardonnays in 2022, and it leads with ripe peach, Golden Delicious apples, cashews and nashi pear. This is an excellent Chardonnay, one of angles and shades, colors and perspectives. It has a mottled aspect to the fruit—which is not a comment on "mottled shade" and, therefore, differing levels of ripeness. Rather, mottled here refers to the movement of mottled shade, as relating to the flavors and textures of the wine. It is complex and moving and attractive as hell. Like the Calgardup, this is coastal and fresh, with hints of iodine and crushed shells, sea spray and nori through the finish. It's really good. This is one of the Chardonnays from Margaret River that savvy collectors know about and purchase annually. Brilliant. 13.2% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.