Chardonnay

Pale straw with lime hues in appearance with a nose of fresh lime, lemon curd, cashew nuts and honeysuckle. A fresh youthful palate with flavous of lime, pear and grapefruit. Hints of gunflint and marzipan add to the wines complexity and are balanced by a finely focused, bright, chalky acidity leading to a great persistance of flavour.

M3 is at the forefront of the ongoing refinement and evolution of Australian Chardonnay.

The aim for elegance, restraint, and the capacity to age in bottle. 2013 was a fine growing season, with some warm days balanced by consistently cool nights. It was a relatively dry season, and grapes ripened a touch earlier than usual. The weather leading up to harvest was mostly dry, ensuring perfectly healthy fruit.

Tasting notes:

Stone fruit and citrus notes dominate the nose, and continue onto the palate. The palate shows restraint and subtlety, with flavours of lemon zest and grapefruit, with a biscuity note. There is also intensity and weight to the palate, held in check by a seam of crisp acid that keeps it fresh and tight. 

The Beechworth ‘terroir’ has a distinctive fruit character of pear/peach fruit.

The oak has minimal impact by using older French oak and mainly puncheons.

The warm year has meant less citrus lift but has bran meal notes from the wild ferment and extended lees contact.

The palate is quite rich with zesty acid line through to the finish.