Stoney Rise Chardonnay 2020

"We said we would never do it again but sometimes an opportunity comes that is too hard to turn down. This year we were offered some fruit form a 20-year-old vineyard just north of us on the West Tamar, then some from Relbia just south of us, and then a small amount from the south of the state. We couldn’t help but take it. It was fermented in our new 2500-litre oak cask and stayed there on its lees for the last five months. It’s a fresh style ready for summer." Joe Holyman

"For all the frivolity that Joe Holyman brings to his tin shed winery on the Tamar, he makes a deadly serious chardonnay. Pure and precise lemon and white peach, cut with a shining sabre of Tasmanian acidity that looks stark in youth but promises great things in time. Oak is brief yet sufficient, and while it could have achieved greater texture and integration through a slower journey to bottle, ultimately its integrity, drive and persistence are thanks to high-class fruit – and that's never a bad thing. Patience." 92pts - Tyson Stelzer - WineFront