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Awards, Ratings & Reviews
GOLD MEDAL — Chardonnay Masters 2025 · Patrick Schmitt MW · The Drinks Business
97/100 — Q Wine Review
“Elegance and purity seep through this wine’s veins.”
96/100 — James Suckling · Ryan Montgomery
“A delightful, classy Chardonnay.”
96/100 — Halliday Wine Companion · Mike Bennie
“Very precise and energetic.”
96/100 — The Real Review · Aaron Brasher
“Long and with real presence.”
96/100 — Ray Jordan · Wine Pilot
“Supremely balanced.”
95/100 — Vinous · Angus Hughson
“Long, strong, serious and sure to age well.”
95/100 — Wine Front · Gary Walsh
“Juicy and flavoursome.”
94/100 — Robert Parker Wine Advocate · Erin Larkin
“Floral and fine, creamy and detailed.”
About This Wine
2024 Tiers 1.5M Vineyard Chardonnay stands alongside its older sibling as an equal, with subtle differences induced by its close-spaced French Bernard clones (76 & 95) planted at 1.5m x 1.5m spacing in the Piccadilly Valley.
The 2024 vintage in the Piccadilly Valley was described as “near perfect”, with a heat summation of 1194°C-days (average 1108°C-days). The 21-year-old Tiers 1.5M block yielded 6 tonnes per hectare and was harvested on 15 March, two weeks earlier than average.
About the Winemaker
Brian Croser AO has been an innovator in the Australian wine industry for more than 40 years. Founder of Petaluma in 1976 and pioneer of the Adelaide Hills viticultural region, he is widely regarded as one of Australia’s leading proponents of terroir-driven wines. He has served as President of the Winemakers Federation of Australia, founding board member of Wine Australia and has received the Maurice O’Shea Award and Officer of the Order of Australia.
Winemaker’s Notes
“The colour is green-yellow. The aroma shows kiwi fruit, nectarine and pear with brioche and cinnamon complexity from yeast and oak. The flavour is intense, fruit ripe and fresh with significant texture. The trademark Tiers texture is offset by acid and grapefruit and quince finishing cut.“
“A cool vintage of a unique wine defined by the truly distinguished Tiers Vineyard terroir.”
— Brian Croser, 04/12/2024
Winemaking
Hand-harvested fruit was chilled to 2°C, whole-bunch pressed and gravitated to French oak barriques (one third new) for fermentation. Fermentation lasted two months in cool autumn conditions. The wine was barrel aged on full lees until October 2024 and bottled in November.
Specifications
- Vintage: 2024
- Grape Variety: 100% Chardonnay
- Region: Piccadilly Valley / Adelaide Hills / South Australia / Australia
- Alcohol: 13.7% v/v
- Total Acid: 7.58 g/L
- pH: 3.00
- Closure: Stelvin
- Cases Made: 250 dozen
