Sourced off unirrigated blocks of Mendoza clone (Gin-Gin clone) vines within a single vineyard planted in 1999, Fraser Gallop's 2010 Chardonnay gives pronounced notes of ripe nectarines, peach kernels and pink grapefruit with nuances of meal, crushed nuts and orange blossom. Medium bodied, judicious use of toasty oak comes through on the palate matching the ripe stone fruit flavor intensity and enlivened by crisp acidity. It finishes long and creamy / yeasty. Delicious now, it should cellar through 2015.
Fraser Gallop does not currently have a USA importer.