Vintage
2022
ABV
12.5%
AUD$ FOB / 9L Case
$100.00 – $149.99
Wine Type
White
Wine Style
Still
Wine Description
Much of Andrew’s 40 year career has been crafting benchmark Chardonnay from the Piccadilly Valley in the Adelaide Hills. It also happens to be one of his favourite drinks. The Ox Hardy Chardonnay is made from two mature high-altitude Adelaide Hills vineyards, with maturation in the finest French oak for 10 months before bottling and release.
Accolades
Matthew jukes 18.5/20. "Ox likes his white wines to be fit and tidy, and even though this is an erudite creation with multiple layering, it sports a sprightly 12.5% alcohol tag that keeps the pulse elevated and the palate keen. Taking fruit from Mount Torrens and Oakbank and rewarding it with 35% new oak (which I can’t see for the life of me), this Chardonnay has graduated from the 2021 Pro-Am tour to the Open Championship in just twelve months. I am ashamed to have written ‘Chassagne’ in my notes when I should not rely on lazy Francophile monikers for delicious and detailed Aussie wines. This is everything you want from great Hills Chardonnay and more. You can set your timer for a stampede when the price is released because this will confuse and confound anyone who tries to calculate the incredible value for money offered here. "
