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Domaine Naturaliste Purus Chardonnay 2022
$52.99
SPECIAL BUY 6 or more. 96 points, Huon Hooke “..Intense, rich palate with delicacy as well as generoisty..”
Description
WINNER – Best Value Winery, James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion “The sheer quality of the wines he makes is equalled only by his consistency” James Halliday.
When I met winemaker Bruce Dukes from Domaine Naturaliste I was bowled over by how striking every wine was that I tasted in his lineup … A rare occurrence when you’re tasting wines every day. The success did not happen by accident. He has an intimate knowledge of all the terroirs of Margaret River after spending 25 years honing his craft with leading Margaret River producers such as Pierro wines. He is a trained agronomist and has a Masters in viticulture and Oenology from U.C. Davis … he also worked for 4 years at Neibaum Coppola in Napa, USA. Bruce seeks freshness of fruit, perfume, texture, overall balance, restraint with low to moderate alcohol in all his beautiful wines. Domaine Naturaliste is named after the northern most Cape of Margaret River, Cape Naturaliste, where the winery is situated. Minuscule production of top shelf wines across the board.
2023 has been an outstanding year for Bruce Dukes, taking out “Best in Show” for his 2020 Rebus Cabernet at the prestigious Decanter World Wine Awards – “If there is a ‘winning region’ in this year’s Top 50 Best in Show selection, it has to be Western Australia’s Margaret River”2023 Decanter World Wine Awards.
About the 2022 vintage from the winemaker: “The 2021 to 2022 growing season in Margaret River was one of the highlights in my 33 years of winemaking. Gentle and sustained sunny days provided fruit characterized by intense aromatics, coating natural acidity, and ultra-fine tannin and tension. Fruit was picked purely based on the gorgeous balance of natural acidity and pure fruit expression.”
About this wine: Purus is a translation of pristine flavours, textures and the climate of southern Margaret River Chardonnay into wine.
The vines have been carefully managed to allow only dappled light into the fruiting zone. This promotes flavour development, low tannins and bright levels of natural acidity. The fruit is sourced from select parcels of Dijon clones grown in Karridale, cool southern end of Margaret River. The compact bunches of perfectly solarized berries are hand harvested at first light to preserve freshness of fruit.
Pure perfumes of white pear, jasmine flower and wet granite are elegantly suspended above a palate carved from grapefruit pith and white nectarine flesh. Lashings of focused white fruit tannin and porcelain texture and length culminate in a sheer wall of quenching minerality and bristling tension.
96 points, Huon Hooke, The Real Review “Light yellow colour with a bouquet of oatmeal, cream, hazelnuts and smoky toasty oak undercurrents. Intense, rich palate with delicacy as well as generoisty; a more ample wine than the Floris and more complex, still subtle and refined, with terrific length and precision (Karridale fruit, Dijon clones 76 and 95; pure yeast strain; no MLF; batonnage only in tank)”
RRP $67 **Our Special Price $52.99 when you buy 6 or more of this wine**
Additional information
Producer | Domaine Naturaliste |
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Region or Country | Australia, Margaret River |
Variety | Chardonnay |
Vintage | 2022 |
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