Tarrahill Chardonnay

Clone: Mendoza . This French clone produces bunches which often have berries of markedly different sizes (millerandage or “hen and chicken”). These bunches result in high natural acidity and increased skin to juice ratios suiting a wine in the Burgundy style.

Style: The Mendoza clone of Chardonnay and the soil of the Tarrahill vineyard together produce a wine with stone fruit and lemon curd aromas and flavours which are enhanced by 100% malolactic fermentation and maturing in French oak barriques.

Wood: French oak (30% new) for 8-10 months

Reviews:

TARRAHILL CHARDONNAY 2010

Rated: 95 Points Halliday’s Wine Companion 2015

“Still as fresh as a daisy, remarkably pale colour, but with an utterly seductive mouthfeel, and perfect varietal expression, white flowers/stone fruit and grapefruit in equal balance; you know oak is there, but it is not obvious.”            

TARRAHILL  CHARDONNAY 2011

Rated : 94 Points Campbell Mattinson Winefront Review 

“Well, what to make of this Yarra Valley chardonnay from little-known producer Tarrahill?

For starters, it’s complex. There’s nothing airy fairy or dumbed-down about this. From the first to the last it makes you slow down and contemplate exactly what’s going on here. It’s different, is what I mean. It’s lemony and lactic and smooth and razor-sharp at once. I’m not sure that everything is meshed as one but then, that’s it, I’m not sure. It has struck match complexity but white peach and floral notes too; it’s slender but deceptively strong-willed. The most apt thing I can say is: I could sit on this wine and ruminate on it for hours, and would love to have it as a guest at my dinner table.”

At the Melbourne International Wine Competition 2018 Tarrahill was awarded “Yarra Valley Chardonnay Winery of the Year”.