2025 L.A.S. Vino Barrels of Metricup Chardonnay 750ml

Overview

Barrels of Metricup is a Chardonnay from a certified organic vineyard in the heart of Metricup, Margaret River. Made from 24-year-old Gin Gin clone vines, the 2025 combines the power, richness and concentration of the variety with lively citrus freshness, mineral detail and savoury complexity.

Vineyard

The 2025 marks the fourth time L.A.S. Vino has made wine from this certified organic vineyard in Metricup. The 24-year-old Gin Gin clone Chardonnay grows in sandy loam topsoil over mottled clay subsoil. Warm days are moderated by cool afternoon breezes from the Indian Ocean, contributing both richness and freshness to the fruit.

Winemaking

The fruit was hand-picked, chilled and hand-selected before whole bunch pressing. Fermentation took place in ten barriques, two of which were new. The wine underwent full malolactic fermentation with fortnightly lees stirring, followed by 10 months of maturation in barrique. It was bottled unfined with light filtration.

Producer Tasting Notes

L.A.S. Vino: “It has warmth, weight, richness and flavour but also an incredible freshness with flavours of citrus, lemon, lime, curd, peach and stonefruit.”

Critic Reviews

97 Points — Ray Jordan, W.A. Wine Review: “It’s a wine of incredible power and concentration, yet there is finesse and subtlety... There’s lively energy and brightness from the citrus and lemony characters, followed by the richer opulence of the meringue and stone fruit palate. That subtle savouriness on the finish completes what is an outstanding wine.”

94 Points — Mike Bennie, The Wine Front: “This has some detail and sparkle. A mineral charged, medium weight white wine, stacking in enough flavour, enough slatey and flinty characters, enough citrusy tang and juicy pucker... It's fragrant, it has a sense of fun, it feels fancy likewise with its woody, sweet spices and vanilla wafer savoury-sweet complexity. The gloss and sheen to texture is righteous. The finish that wink and crispness of brine. It’s doing a lot.”

Specifications

• Vintage: 2025
• Grape Variety: Chardonnay
• Clone: Gin Gin
• Region: Metricup, Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia
• Vine Age: 24 years
• Soil: Sandy loam topsoil over mottled clay subsoil
• Viticulture: Certified organic fruit
• Harvest: Hand-picked and hand-selected
• Pressing: Whole bunch pressed
• Fermentation: Barrique
• Malolactic Fermentation: Full
• Lees: Fortnightly lees stirring
• Maturation: 10 months in barrique
• Oak: 10 barriques, 2 new
• Fining: Unfined
• Filtration: Light filtration