The 2011 Tumbarumba Chardonnay is 100% fermented in French oak barriques, 30% of which is new oak. Though the wine undergoes no malolactic fermentation, it is left on full lees for 12-14 months. The resulting light to medium-bodied wine offers savory notes of baker’s yeast, toasted cashews and meal with hints of orange peel, white pepper and chalk on the nose followed by a crisp, elegantly fruited palate with a medium to long finish. Drink it now through 2015. Chalkers Crossing does not currently have a US importer.

Chalkers Crossing’s 2010 Chardonnay has aromas of ripe grapefruit, white peach and orange blossom with hints of meal, toasted almonds and coriander seed. Medium-bodied and with a suggestion of silkiness to the texture, it has a good concentration of stone fruit flavor with subtle toasty hints. The finish is long and creamy. Delicious now, it should cellar to 2015+. Chalkers Crossing does not currently have a USA importer.

Coming from a single vineyard of vines planted in 1996, the 2009 Chardonnay was fermented in French oak, 30% new, and aged in oak for 12 months with no malo-lactic. It gives notes of orange blossom and warm pear slices over a core of golden delicious apple, toast and almonds. Medium-bodied, crisp and with a good concentration of apple and stone fruit, it finishes with lingering notes of honeyed peaches. Drink it now through 2015. Chalkers Crossing does not currently have a USA importer.