2025 Renzaglia Chardonnay

When the call came mid-harvest in vintage 2024 offering up the entire Patina Vineyard, winemaker Sam Renzaglia said yes without blinking. That Chardonnay was a ripper and a real surprise packet, so we're very happy to see Sam back to the same site again for his Chardy in 2025!

Grown on a high-altitude, cool-climate site near Orange, the fruit comes off lean, tight and full of potential. It was whole bunch pressed straight to concrete, no fancy temp control, no fiddling. Wild ferment, full malolactic, left on lees through winter untouched, then bottled without fining or filtration.

You get stone fruit, citrus and a little florals, but it’s the texture and balance that are most impressive - it has a really lovely flow and balance to it.

Proper Chardonnay here with tension and nerve from one of NSW's most impressive young producers.