Vintage
2023
ABV
13%
Wine Type
White
Wine Style
Still
Wine Description
Chardonnay was one of the varietals planted first in the Concongella
Vineyard in the 1970’s even though cuttings were extremely hard to come by at the time. This wine comes from an old single vineyard located on a cool sheltered site within the Great Western GI.
Our 2023 Chardonnay was aged for 8 months in French oak and achieved 30% malolactic fermentation with plenty of lees stirring and contact to encourage a rich, complex and textured wine. Our 2023 vintage is beautifully balanced and made in style more akin to the older styles from Best’s.
Winemaker's Bio
Hailing from the NSW cool- climate wine region of Orange, Jacob began working in vineyards from the age of 14. He moved to Sydney to begin an electrical apprenticeship before returning home, where he was offered a maintenance position at Phillip Shaw Wines. After a few months, he joined the vintage team for the 2016 harvest and instantly fell in love with the industry. He worked a further five vintages with Phillip Shaw Wines under the tutelage of Nadja Wallington and the Shaw Family. Completing his degree in Oenology, Jacob spent a vintage in California’s Sonoma Coast, before joining Best’s Great Western in 2021.
