Isolation Ridge Vineyard Chardonnay 2025

Good rainfall through winter quickly gave way to a very dry spring and summer. Fruit set was good and cropping levels were promising. The persistent dry conditions resulted in some smaller than average crops with greater intensity of fruit and slightly riper flavour profiles. The finest block of Chardonnay was selected to produce this limited bottling.

A fresh and inviting nose opens with a subtle hint of vanilla, layered with oatmeal, custard apple and pear. Delicate nutty notes add savoury complexity, while a touch of cinnamon stick brings gentle spice and warmth.

The palate is immediately generous, with juicy sweet fruit up front before moving into preserved lemon, apricot and nectarine hints. A lovely acid line gives the wine drive, shape and impressive length, finishing with savoury aniseed, lime zest and a poised, lingering freshness.

We have been fine tuning our Chardonnay over the last few years trialing several different winemaking techniques to produce something special from our old vine Chardonnay fruit. This wine was 1 tonne of fruit hand harvested from our Winery block that we chilled overnight in the cool room. Whole bunch pressed the following morning, long and slow to extract a fine, delicate juice. Settled overnight to tank, this cloudy juice was racked to 1 year old French oak puncheon, where it fermented slowly with indigenous yeast from the vineyard, no malolactic fermentation was encouraged to retain that fantastic cool climate acidity we get in Frankland River.

Certified Organic | Vegan Friendly