Swinging Bridge Caldwell Lane Chardonnay 2023 (pack of 12) (75cl, 12.7%)

Swinging Bridge Caldwell Lane Chardonnay 2023 is a white wine from the Orange region of Australia. It comes from two blocks of the Caldwell Lane Vineyard at 890 metres elevation, one flat with nutrient-rich soils and one northwest-facing with rocky, well-draining soils. The fruit is handpicked, pressed, fermented in barrels that are 20% new hogsheads and puncheons with the rest up to five years old, and held in barrel for 10 months with lees stirring. The wine is clear and pale lemon, with ripe stone fruit, green apple and vanilla on the nose. The palate is medium-bodied, with luscious stone fruit and melon, seamlessly integrated creamy vanilla oak and a lingering finish.