2018, Ten Minutes By Tractor, McCutcheon Chardonnay, 6x75cl

GRAPE VARIETIES:

100% Chardonnay

SKU:

6001715A

PRODUCER:

Ten Minutes By Tractor

REGION:

Australia / Mornington Peninsula

ALCOHOL CONTENT:

14,00%

FOOD MATCHING NOTE:

The weight here needs weighty flavours. Roast chicken with a creamy thyme sauce is the way forward here 

TASTING NOTE:

McCutcheon is typically the more robust of the Chardonnay releases, and again it’s a wine of coiled power and weight. The acidity is lower this year but yet you wouldn’t pick it in any way – it still feels tight and surprisingly restrained. The season has delivered a significant wine though, a hint of matchstick funk, the golden, nutty, bold flavours sitting below the surface like the leg muscles of a racehorse. Remarkable that it can look so fresh given the extra weight and plump mid palate.