PachaMama Yarra Valley Chardonnay 2024
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95 Points
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94 Points
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94 Points
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95 Points
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94 Points
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94 Points
PachaMama Yarra Valley Chardonnay 2024
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94 Points, James Halliday Wine Companion
Lively acidity and minerality lead to a long, citrus-driven finish.
PachaMama - an ancient Inca fertility goddess who presides over planting and harvesting (you may know her as Mother Nature)
PachaMama Yarra Valley Chardonnay 2024
Tasting Notes
Aromatic citrus blossoms and ripe stone fruits are complemented by subtle toasted oak on the nose. The palate blends crisp green apple and white peach with velvety creaminess, hazelnuts, and a touch of oak. Lively acidity and minerality lead to a long, citrus-driven finish.
In 2010, at sunrise, Callie and her dad and stood overlooking Machu Picchu, an Incan citadel set high in the Andes Mountains of Peru.
While their guide shared stories about PachaMama - an ancient Inca fertility goddess who presides over planting and harvesting (you may know her as Mother Nature) - the fog lifted, slowly exposing the transcendent ruins hiding below.
They were told about the ongoing Andean tradition of giving a toast in honour of PachaMama and in some regions, a special kind of libation (known as a challa) is performed where a small amount of wine is spilled onto the ground to express deep gratitude to their earth mother and to give back to the earth.
This trip inspired the beginnings of PachaMama. 12 years later and although the reins have been passed down from father to daughter, PachaMama still stands by the same core values they wrote down when they started: empowerment, sustainability, innovation and community.
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