2023 Koerner Lenswood Chardonnay

In years to come, Chardonnay may be the grape most associated with Koerner Wines. But while Damon waits for his Home Block Chardonay to fully mature, he's sourcing some excellent fruit from near-by growers in the Adealide Hills.

This wine balances elegance with punch, thanks to Damon’s light-handed approach to a grape that sometimes gets overdone. Fermented in French puncheons and aged on lees for a year, it’s got all the complexity and flinty minerality you could hope for, woven with notes of citrus blossom, green apple, and that creamy texture only time on lees can deliver.

It has power in the fruit department but as with all of Damon's white wines, a crystal clear acidity and freshness is this wine's calling card.

Unfiltered, unfined, and unmissable, this is a bright, precise Chardonnay that showcases Damon’s talent for taking a classic and making it feel new again.

96 points
"The premier release of this wine. The nose is mineral-driven, with seductive aromas of Meyer lemon peel, orange blossoms, chalk and flint. The palate is textural with a laser-like acidity and a creamy mid-palate, giving notes of green apple skin and lime curd. Wonderfully balanced with a high-tension core. Truly exceptionally."
- JamesSuckling.com

95 points
"Flinty and raw with white stone fruit, lemon pudding and cashew. Brutalist architecture with lingering lemon sherbet on the finish."
- Katrina Butler (Halliday Wine Companion)