Region: Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Variety: Chardonnay
Vintage: 2024
The Wine
From the foundational Chardonnay block planted in 1981 which shaped Bannockburn’s house style. Whole-bunch pressed, wild-yeast-fermented in French hogsheads (~40% new), 100% malolactic, and ten months on lees. Fruit was picked in multiple passes to capture complexity across ripening phases.
Cellared Says
Textural, harmonious, and arrestingly pure—white peach, citrus, subtle struck-match and a saline finish with fine chalky acidity. This was a star in the recent tasting, having soaked up the oak a little more than the Grigsby. Its a stunning wine, big on attack yet refined and oh so long.
Wine Reviews
“Light‑medium yellow colour with a rich and toasty/oaky bouquet that enshrines nougat, roasted hazelnuts and creamy lees‑derived facets. A very complex Chardonnay, full and rich and generous in the mouth with a long‑lasting aftertaste. A ripping Chardonnay.”
96 Points – Huon Hooke, The Real Review
“This is stellar. It’s a wine of both power and length and with a bit of extra character as well. Apples, peaches, slips of pear skin and nuts… ripped with muscle and energy. Touch and go for 96. In any case it’s superb.”
95 Points – Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front
Region: Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Variety: Chardonnay
Vintage: 2024
The Wine
From the foundational Chardonnay block planted in 1981 which shaped Bannockburn’s house style. Whole-bunch pressed, wild-yeast-fermented in French hogsheads (~40% new), 100% malolactic, and ten months on lees. Fruit was picked in multiple passes to capture complexity across ripening phases.
Cellared Says
Textural, harmonious, and arrestingly pure—white peach, citrus, subtle struck-match and a saline finish with fine chalky acidity. This was a star in the recent tasting, having soaked up the oak a little more than the Grigsby. Its a stunning wine, big on attack yet refined and oh so long.
Wine Reviews
“Light‑medium yellow colour with a rich and toasty/oaky bouquet that enshrines nougat, roasted hazelnuts and creamy lees‑derived facets. A very complex Chardonnay, full and rich and generous in the mouth with a long‑lasting aftertaste. A ripping Chardonnay.”
96 Points – Huon Hooke, The Real Review
“This is stellar. It’s a wine of both power and length and with a bit of extra character as well. Apples, peaches, slips of pear skin and nuts… ripped with muscle and energy. Touch and go for 96. In any case it’s superb.”
95 Points – Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front
