Chardonnay 2023 Victoria Curly Flat

Curly Flat, located in the Macedon Ranges, is a small, privately owned, estate based vineyard and winery.

Curly Flat was developed from 1989 by Phillip Moraghan and Jenifer Kolkka after the greenfield site had been identified as ideal for growing the early ripening varieties of pinot noir and chardonnay.

In 2017, Jenifer became the sole owner of Curly Flat.

Under her leadership, the winery’s reputation for high quality winemaking continues.

Jenifer and her team, led by winemaker Matt Harrop, are fully committed to producing the best possible wines from the carefully nurtured site.

Curly Flat Chardonnay has a perfumed nose of lemon & lime zest that is a prelude to the ripe yet focused white peach & nectarine stone fruits.

A sense of wet stone minerality ripples throughout, providing a cleansing contrast to more savoury aspects of fennel seed and lees driven pastry notes, all subtly framed by cinnamon oak spice.

Bolts of ripe white peach, preserved lemon and grapefruit pith form the front and mid palate before the mineral acidity pulls the palate along to showcase the fine chalk like textures.

Encapsulating the palate throughout is an assuaging creaminess driven by the 14 months on lees.