2019 Redbrook Reserve Chardonnay

With a Trophy for Best Chardonnay at the Royal Hobart Wine Show 2021 and 9 Gold Medals, the 2019 Redbrook Reserve Chardonnay was released to high acclaim with 95 points in the Halliday Wine Companion 2023. West Australian wine writer Ray Jordan also awarded the 2019 Redbrook Reserve Chardonnay 96 points and wrote:

"Oh wow. There is almost a pretty delicacy about this excellent Chardonnay at first then the awesome power kicks in and starts its relentless drive to that super long finish. Has a crunchy juicy mid palate with fine chalky acidity and a fine citrus tang balancing the complex savoury notes. Finishes dry and long."

Senior Winemaker Matt Byrne believes this is one of Margaret River's most premium Chardonnay offerings. He said: "It will very slowly develop more subtle complexities and character for years to come while ensuring fruit and hence regional character is the focal point of the Redbrook Reserve style." The palate is seamless, refreshing and tight with ever-lingering flavour that is a highlight of a great 2019 Margaret River vintage.

winemaker's note

This wine achieves the difficult balance of providing a wonderfully complex Chardonnay drinking experience without sacrificing fruit freshness and vitality. As a result, this expertly made wine will be just as rewarding to lay down as its red counterparts. It will very slowly develop more subtle complexities and character for years to come while ensuring fruit and hence regional character is the focal point of the Redbrook Reserve style.

Senior Winemaker, Matt Byrne

colour

Light straw with a vibrant green rim. Incredible youthful condition for its vintage.

aroma

The wine shows malt, fresh toast and struck match complexity from wild barrel fermentation.

palate

The palate is seamless, refreshing and tight with ever-lingering flavour that is a highlight of a great 2019 Margaret River vintage.

cellaring

Although beautiful now, this wine will continue to develop complexity for at least 10 years from vintage. 

vintage

2019 was a beautiful vintage in Margaret River. A steady, mild season allowed for slow, measured flavour development that resulted in balanced natural acidity and lifted varietal fruit character, resulting in wines with incredible perfume, true elegance and real personality.

winemaking

At perfect ripeness, the fruit was hand-picked in the early hours of the morning. With 100% wild yeast fermentation, the gently pressed juice was stirred every six weeks on full solids before 10 months on yeast lees in tank. No malolactic fermentation occurred.

The wine was the aged in a combination of 90% one-year-old and 10% new oak barrels before being left for maturation in bottle for a year.

region

Margaret River

variety

Chardonnay  

analysis

• Alcohol: 13%

West Australian Dhufish with herb butter sauce.

Royal Hobart Wine Show 2021

Best Chardonnay Dry White

International Wine Show Challenge 2023

National Wine Show of Australia 2023

Top Gold

Sydney Royal Wine Show 2022

Royal Queensland Wine Awards 2022

Margaret River Wine Show 2021

National Wine Show of Australia 2021

Perth Royal Wine Awards 2022

Melbourne Royal Wine Awards 2022

Halliday Chardonnay & Cabernet Challenge 2022

Decanter World Wine Awards 2023

Perth Royal Wine Awards 2021

Wine Show of Western Australia 2021

Wine Show of Western Australia 2022

Margaret River Wine Show 2020

Halliday Chardonnay & Cabernet Challenge 2021

Margaret River Wine Show 2022

Royal Adelaide Wine Show 2022

2023 Ray Jordan Wine Guide

Oh wow. There is almost a pretty delicacy about this excellent Chardonnay at first then the awesome power kicks in and starts its relentless drive to that super long finish. Has a crunchy juicy mid palate with fine chalky acidity and a fine citrus tang balancing the complex savoury notes. Finishes dry and long.

halliday wine companion 2023

Fermented and matured 10 months in French oak (18% new), followed by a further 8 months on lees in tank, prior to a year in bottle. Fresh and powerful, with a distinct linearity, thanks to the cool 2019 vintage. This is so taut and coiled right now as to be almost closed. It won't remain that way forever, but in the meantime, a decant is advised.

James Suckling 2023

A flinty nose of baked lemons, grapefruit, white peaches and sweet herbs. Medium-bodied with subtle saline, mineral notes articulating the crisp citrus and apple fruit on the palate. Succulent.