White-pale-gold; bright, and as if luminescent. Nectarine flesh, white peachskin, straw cut but yesterday. Ripe green apples, lemon zest and a tiny amount of pith. Mandarin freshly - and carefully - peeled, yet the segments unbroken. Bare hints of chilled fruit salad and apricots in the fruit bowl float by before the bouquet’s secondary elements waft in: some almond and some lanolin, some butter and some vanilla - all so subtle they could be easily missed by a connoisseur in an unnecessary hurry. A generous yet well-behaved palate of stone fruits checked and massaged into balance by a citric acidity. There is a taut tension here, which makes the structure of the wine long. Minerality sails effortlessly in at the back of the palate, with pings of bath salts and then more citrus and then a mineral water texture and quality. Great depth of fruit, but great structure to match. The flavour is as if stone fruits and a few tropical fruits are - off stage - yodelling in the background.
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Vintage 2022/2023
Colour: Straw Bouquet: Opens with aromas of creamy ripe white nectarines and apples. Palate: Good round mouth-feel with clean and crunchy flavours from pure stone fruits. A crisp...
Vintage 2022
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Vintage 2023
Attractive stone fruit and citrus aromas with complexity from maturation on fermentation lees. The palate is fine and long with persistent flavour supported by oak structure and length.
Vintage 2022
An elegant medium bodied Chardonnay. Aromas of matchstick flint, lifted floral notes and white stone fruits are complemented with toasted nut characters on the palate. Premium fruit...
Vintage 2023
Ox Hardy Chardonnay is from two mature vineyards in the Adelaide Hills, one just west of the Oakbank racecourse, the other in the shadows of Mt. Torrens. Pale straw in colour. Aromas of...
Vintage 2023
Pale-white, straw and hay. Clear and bright. Fresh bread and custard; green apples just picked, apple skin and apple strudel - cold. Aromatics and bouquet demonstrate the fine and also...
Vintage 2023
Straw with green tints. Rich peach/nectarine fruit, with nutty French Oak aromas. Stone fruit flavours with a lingering minerality, great length of flavour with balanced acidity.