{"product_id":"tolpuddle-vineyard-chardonnay-2024","title":"Tolpuddle Vineyard Chardonnay 2024","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eTolpuddle takes its evocative name from the Tolpuddle Martyrs — English agricultural labourers transported to Tasmania in 1834 for the crime of forming the country's first trade union. The 20-hectare, north-east-facing vineyard was planted in 1988 solely to Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, in the Coal River Valley, a site that sits in a distinct rain shadow creating dry but cold growing conditions. Martin Shaw and Michael Hill Smith MW of Shaw + Smith acquired the property in 2011 and have invested heavily ever since, aiming — by their own ambition — to see it recognised as one of Australia's truly great single-vineyard sites. Jasper Morris MW has described the climate here as \"cooler than Burgundy but warmer than Champagne,\" a telling comparison for a wine consistently likened to the great white Burgundies in both style and seriousness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe result has become one of the most celebrated Chardonnays in the country: lemon peel, grapefruit, and white jasmine lead on the nose, deepening into struck match, crushed stone, clotted cream, and cashew-like oak in riper vintages, with James Suckling repeatedly scoring recent releases 97-98 points and calling it \"truly excellent... you could easily be in one of the great Climats of Burgundy.\" The palate carries real tension — fine and precise, with firm, persistent acidity and a crystalline, textural intensity that balances lightness against real depth.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tolpuddle Vineyard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50562309652645,"sku":"5486415","price":220.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0659\/2597\/2133\/files\/Untitled_2048x2048px_-24_ab222149-acc1-40c0-bc05-e81e8fe0b1a9.png?v=1771895345","url":"https:\/\/wine.thestunnedmullet.com.au\/products\/tolpuddle-vineyard-chardonnay-2024","provider":"The Stunned Mullet Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}