Xanadu Black Label Chardonnay

Pale straw with slight green tinge. The bouquet displays fresh, pears and grapefruit with delicate wafts of frangipani and subtle hints of flinty barrel ferment characters, adding complexity. The palate is medium bodied offering white fleshed nectarines, citrus and nashi pears. The wine displays a subtle saline/oyster shell thread, while the creamy texture, derived from lees stirring, provides a lovely foil to the bright natural acidity retained in the Gingin clone. Refined yet complex, the intense fruit and core of acidity combine to focus the wine perfectly to a lingering finish. A contemporary Chardonnay, displaying classic Margaret River hallmarks. Xanadu is a wine with great fruit intensity, and while drinking well in its youth it will certainly reward with careful cellaring.