2022 Bass Phillip Premium Chardonnay 750ml

Awards, Ratings & Reviews

97/100 — Jane Faulkner, Halliday Wine Companion · 2022 Vintage · Published 23 May 2024
“A powerhouse of a wine with a mid-gold hue, loads of flavour from white peach, baked quince, lemon, lime and grapefruit juice, zest and pith with ginger and oak spice. Good fruit within, yet ultimately savoury with creamy nutty lees and baked shortcrust pastry. Slippery phenolics add to the full-bodied palate. It's rich but by no means heavy, complex and detailed, contemplative, too. It's also the last complete vintage for John Durham, who originally came to help Phillip Jones with the change-over of ownership but stayed on during the COVID years. He left in late '23. Durham helped put mod-Oz chardonnay on the map back in the early Cape Mentelle days, and this is an excellent swan song.”

96/100 — James Suckling · 2022 Vintage · Tasted: Nov 2024
“Pure and refined, with complex aromas of lemon confit, lemons, hazelnuts, orange blossoms, flint and lanolin. The palate is wonderfully complex, with refined notes of creme brulee, peaches, puff pastry, beeswax and red apples. Exceptionally well balanced and giving, with underlying tension. Excellent. Drink or hold.”

Specifications

• Vintage: 2022
• Grape Variety: Chardonnay
• Region: Gippsland / Victoria / Australia
• Alcohol: 13.4 - 14%
• Ownership: Phillip Jones
• Drinking Window: 2026–2031