2023 Oakridge 864 Funder & Diamond Drive Block Chardonnay

The Oakridge 864 Funder & Diamond Drive Block Chardonnay is one of the giants of Australian Chardonnay.

Crafted by one of the country's most gifted makers of the variety, this single-block wine is considered by many as a benchmark wine for the region. The 2023 vintage is characterised by coiled power and intensity. It shows powerful fruit which is beautifully framed by trimmings of fine French oak and some savoury lees character.

Complexity tempered with an easy approachability. It's a wine to behold. This is an excellent release of this much-revered icon of the Yarra Valley and one of the greatest Chardonnays Australia has to offer.

98 points
"The ’22 is the reigning Halliday Wine of the Year and this is, as you’d suspect, a worthy successor."
- Philip Rich (Halliday Wine Companion)

97 points
"The 2023 864 Single Block Release Funder & Diamond Drive Block Chardonnay is awesome... I love this wine, and it looks utterly magnificent here today. Yes!"
- Erin Larkin (The Wine Advocate)

97 points
"Chardonnay for the win. This is just sensationally good."
- Campbell Mattinson (The Wine Front)