Amen Break Quarry Ridge Chardonnay 2019

Stuart McCloskey "The colour is glorious – polished gold, which looks so inviting. Give it a swirl in your Zalto Burgundy glass and you’ll notice the wine's viscosity slowly dripping down the interior wall. Please do not overchill as it will kill off the magnificent perfume which opens to grilled lemons, toast, honey, almonds, sweet pastry, lemon ginger tea, peach, pear, lots of stone fruits and lots of minerality (strikingly so) – orchard blossom and brine too. The palate is silky, graceful, super-glossy with mouth-coating waves of pure deliciousness. Layers of minerals, stone fruits, buttered, spiced orchard fruit wash across the palate. There’s a lot of wine to get your palate around and it’s best served either on its own or with a thick tronçon of Turbot or Brill. Essentially, this is a pitch perfect mix of fruit, texture and freshness, and like Eileen when she was 2015, seriously undervalued. It's as long as you could ever want for and ticks every box. Glorious today and has all the quality to cellar through to 2030+. I bet the prime drinking window will be in 3-4 years, but and let’s be honest, given the scarcity of these wines, it’s not going to last more than 12-18 months. You’ll see! Utterly delicious and a real find…. PS: As ever, there isn’t much available!"