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Southern Light Vineyards Ghostgum Chardonnay 2024
SOUCHA24-GH-1EA
SOUCHA25-GH

Southern Light Vineyards Ghostgum Chardonnay 2024

Yarra Valley, Australia
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About this Wine

 
country Australia
region Yarra Valley
variety Chardonnay
Style White (Medium Bodied Oaked)
vintage 2024
closure Cork
Alcohol vol. 14.0
volume 750
Brands Southern Light Vineyards

Tasting Notes

Aroma

There’s also a saline character and a slight strawberry sorbet aroma.

Appearance

Brilliant pale straw colour with nectarine and yellow peach, pushing into baby pineapples and honeydew melon.

Palate

Savoury oak keeps it all in check. This is a powerful Chardonnay with width, weight and acid drive. It has balance and length with generous cellaring potential.

Vinification

Both blocks were hand-picked separately and kept as separate batches until assemblage in April 2025. Whole bunch pressed to French oak (30% new) for indigenous ferment. No malo. Left to rest on full lees for 12 months.

Vintage Notes

The 2024 vintage in Main Ridge was defined by tiny yields. Stormy weather in spring disrupted flowering, impacting fruit set and final yields. The resulting wines are intensely flavoured as warm summer temperatures had no problem ripening the meagre crop. The hallmark of this site is its significant acid retention due to its altitude and easterly aspect. Chardonnay from Ghostgum has pronounced flavour and acidity. The final blend is made up from two blocks: I10V1 planted on own roots in 1994 at the highest elevation of the vineyard, and I10V1 planted on own roots in 1995 at the lowest elevation of the vineyard. Both blocks were hand picked on 18th March.
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Reviews

  • Silver Medal
    1

    Points: 91/100

    Decanter World Wine Awards 2026 ∙ 18th Jun 2026

  • Ray Jordan
    1

    This comes from the Mornington Peninsula in a vintage of tiny yields as a result of the weather conditions in spring impacting on flowering and fruit set. It’s an impressive wine having said all that, with excellent depth of fruit showing on the palate, which has a slightly cashew, peachy character about it. It also has good acidity, which helps define the palate and prolong a sustained finish. Despite the fact that it didn’t have malolactic fermentation, it has good palate richness as a result of it being kept on full lees for about twelve months. Points: 94/100

    Wine PIlot ∙ 11th Apr 2026

  • Ken Gargett
    1

    Sourced from two blocks in the Main Ridge sub-region of the Mornington Peninsula, the batches were kept separate. Whole bunch pressing to French oak, 30% new, with a wild yeast fermentation and no malolactic, the wine then spent a year on lees. Deep lemon in colour, this is concentrated, finely balanced and tight. Knife-edge stuff. The nose reveals notes of aromas of lemon, peaches, grapefruit and spices with a touch of cinnamonny oak. Juicy acidity adds to the freshness and energy. The wine has power, but it is well camouflaged. There is serious length here, a wine which will drink beautifully for ten years. Love it. Points: 95/100

    Wine Pilot ∙ 14th Mar 2026

  • Huon Hooke
    1

    Bright-mid yellow colour; the bouquet shows development, some fresh herb/parsley and lime aromas, the palate full and broad showing silage and stone-fruits with firm acidity underlying, finishing a little hard but more age and/or food would take care of that. This is still tight and needs time to unfold, but already shows intensity and power. Points: 95/100

    The Real Review ∙ 2nd Mar 2026

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