2021 Summum Chardonnay

Today, the 2021 Chardonnay Summum is quite restrained and backward, slowly evolving with hints of young peach, lemon sorbet, stone dust and rosemary. It sweeps across the palate with soft textures, coming across as elegant and refined as saline minerals add a more tactile feel and crisp orchard fruits cascade throughout. Flinty and incredibly long, the 2021 takes a turn toward the savory spectrum, leaving a spicy sensation alongside a crystalline structure that tempts the imagination. Still just a baby, the 2021 is extremely exciting to taste.

Pale lemon in colour. Gorgeous nose with lemon, tangerine, vanilla blossom and a tense edge of flinty reduction. Acid is high and bright, again complimented by the waxiness that runs through the Chardonnays of this portfolio. Finish is long with evolving notes of toast, dairy and yeast. (SCJ)

More savory than sweet, the 2021 Chardonnay Summum blends an array of peaches and apricots before giving way to lemon oil and hints of rosemary. Elegant and silky smooth, with masses of ripe orchard fruits and mineral tones, the 2021 saturates the palate deeply, adding a citrus-induced tension toward the close. The cheeks are left puckered, and the mouth watering for more, as this finishes spicy and intense. It’s lightly structured and simply begging the taster back to the glass.