Luminant Chardonnay 2024

This Yarra Valley Chardonnay displays a charming aroma of white honeyed nectar with stonefruit and green melon on the palate. It is fine and inviting with a gentle, slippery texture and delicate acidity.

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Luminant Chardonnay 2024

"It has a honey floral perfume, stone fruit, and a little sweet spicy oak. It offers some creaminess and gloss, but also has a bright pink grapefruit character, balanced acidity, some flinty bits, with a finish of good length, some lemon peel and nougat to close. It makes for a satisfying glass of Chardonnay. Nice." 92 Points, Gary Walsh, The Wine Front

"This new label from the Yarra Valley has brought in Charles Smedley from Mandala Wines to ensure it is off to the best possible start. The fruit, from the Dixon’s Creek sub-region, is 50% handpicked and then 100% whole bunch pressed. Fermentation is in French oak and 20% of the wine sees malolactic fermentation as well. Maturation is for seven months in that French oak.
A deep yellow/straw hue, the wine opens with decidedly nutty aromas, all rather spicy. Cashews and almonds to the fore, supported by notes of stonefruit and melon. We also have hints of some freshly turned earth, honeysuckle and citrus. There is a good line of acidity and the wine is of medium length. For enjoying over the next three to five years." 91 Points, Ken Gargett, WinePilot.com

Born in the Yarra Valley, the Luminant wines bask in the glow of long summer evenings, unveiling wines that capture the essence of this distinguished wine region. Working with Mandala Wines' Charles Smedley, this new label represents the
best of the Yarra Valley; generous and charming Chardonnay and bright and sophisticated Pinot Noir.

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