Felton Road Bannockburn Chardonnay 2025 15yo The mid-palate brings dark chocolate

The mid-palate brings dark chocolate and nutmeg too

A bold & complex nose displays notes of pineapple

One day in the workshop

milling the agave by hand

Felton Road Bannockburn Chardonnay 2025 15yo The mid-palate brings dark chocolatePure grapefruit zest, citrus, stonefruit kernel, a hint of roasted nuts, all bound in enlivening acid. The satisfying palate weight carries the acid completely without effort; it just shrugs it off. Very clean, already showing some length, which will no doubt build gracefully. A pleasing absence of oak notesin fact a pleasing absence of everything but essence of Chardonnay. A definite candidate for benchmark.