2020 Mchenry Hohnen Chardonnay Calgardup Margaret River 750 ml

• Chardonnay
• 2020
• Australia
• Margaret River

• The Story

  McHenry Hohnen continues to get Wine Advocate scores that put them up with California and Burgundy’s best, making it even harder to find their wines, even in Australia. But our relationship with the winery is so strong that we have the only bottles of 2020 Calgardup Brook Chardonnay in the US, direct-imported exclusively for Wine Access members. Ripe and rich, yet vibrant, Halliday Wine Companion called it “Sensational. Utterly.” Lay in a six-pack or a case and in time you’ll shock your Burgundy-loving friends when you reveal the bottle—and what you paid.

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• Wine Facts
  • Fruit Intensity
  • Oak Intensity
  • Body
  • Sweetness
  • Acidity

  • ABV 13.30%
  • Enjoy right away
  • Now - 2035
  • 100% Chardonnay
  • Serving temperature - 48°
  • Screw cap
• Wine Access Tasting Note

  Medium lemon to the eye, with a clear edge. This is Aussie Chardonnay at its finest: fresh, bold aromas of fresh lime peel, crushed stone, ripe honeydew melon, piles of peaches, toasted vanilla, honeysuckle, and warm spices. Creamy and full-bodied on the palate, with plentiful acidity backed by flavors of spiced pears, wet stone, pink grapefruit, granite, toasted green apple, jasmine, and toast. This wine is plush, open, and the perfect pairing to a roasted Cornish game hen, fresh polenta, or a creamy pasta. Drink now–2035.

• Food Pairings
  • Soft Cheese
  • Hard Cheese
  • Fish
• Critic Reviews

  97 pts

  Halliday Wine Companion

  Fruit from the Calgardup Brook vineyard (planted 1997) on coastal limestone loam. All single-vineyard chardonnays are made in the same way here, highlighting the differences in terroir: Hand picked, whole-bunch pressed, full solids, wild ferment in barrel (25% new) and 4 months' maturation, partial mlf, fortnightly bâtonnage. Where the Burnside is granitic, mineral and fine, this is pithy, saline and expansive, with layers of cheesecloth and lanolin amongst the ripe stone fruit. More volume and density of flavour than the Burnside (neither here nor there qualitatively, simply an observation), this is sensational. Utterly.

  96+ pts

  Wine Advocate

  In contrast to the 2019 vintage (cool, wet), the 2020 vintage came on quickly, was warm, free of significant rain events and fruit was back in the sheds prior to Easter. The wines are distinct: the whites (Chardonnays in particular) are possessed of an effortless opulence with retained acidity, while the reds are singularly structural (many quite tannic) and lushly fruited. So, this 2020 Calgardup Brook Vineyard Chardonnay before me falls into that vintage stereotype: it is plush and cushioned in the mouth, with depth and breadth in the mid-palate. There’s enough acidity here to tighten up the profile through the finish while savory spice and exotic pan-roasted nuts adorn the fruit—salted peach and preserved lemon are the lingering characters. It has good, tight yellow grapefruit acid. This may be a touch more obvious/open than the 2019, but it is incredibly satisfying and plush.