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Praeter Truscott Block Chardonnay 2025

  • Campbell Mattinson
    94 Points
  • Halliday's Wine Companion
    93 Points
Praeter Truscott Block Chardonnay 2025
  • Campbell Mattinson
    94 Points
  • Halliday's Wine Companion
    93 Points
Praeter Truscott Block Chardonnay 2025
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Praeter Truscott Block Chardonnay 2025

SKU: PTBC202510 UCAU
10-15 Years
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Praeter was started by Matt Large in 2018, initially born from a desire to explore and understand Nebbiolo in Australia’s soil and climate.

Made by Matt Large - ex winemaker for Shaw + Smith & Tolpuddle

94 Points, Campbell Mattinson

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Praeter Truscott Block Chardonnay 2025

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Tasting Notes

The Truscott Block is situated at 550m above sea level in the Piccadilly sub-region of the Adelaide Hills.  The block is located on an undulating slope that is generally E-NE in aspect and consists of silty loam over deep clays, with sandstone and quartz peppered throughout.

The block features a mix of Chardonnay clones with an average age of 30+ years. The high altitude means the block was harvested four weeks later than the Magpie Block, and the fruit exhibits the classic weight, acid and power of the Piccadilly Valley.

The fruit was whole-bunch pressed and racked to French oak hogsheads (25% new) with full solids.  The wines underwent malolactic fermentation and remained on lees for 10 months before blending and bottling.

Critic Scores

The Truscott Block is at 500m asl in the Piccadilly sub-region of the Adelaide Hills. Average vine age is 30+ years.

Emphatically good chardonnay. Cedar-smoke, brine. flint and fennel characters are built around a confident core of peach, nectarine. cooked apple and lemon curd flavours. It’s juicy, fleshy and generous but neat and zippy at the same time. It has excellent persistence. There’s a smoked hay/bran character roundabouts. It’s complex, delicious, long-flavoured and more.

From vines planted to soils of silty loam over deep clay, sandstone and quartz in Piccadilly, at 550m. Whole-bunch pressed and matured in large format French oak (25% new), on lees for 10 months, full mlf. Flinty struck-match notes engage the senses at once, with white peach, grapefruit pith and citrus zest. The palate opens with roundness, a panna cotta softness with lime zest, honeysuckle and riverstone scattered throughout. This has a prettiness to its profile and generosity of length.

About this Wine

Chardonnay

A versatile white grape grown worldwide, ranging in style from lean and mineral to rich and oak-aged.

South Australia

If you like Australian wine, then you probably like South Australia wine. The rich reds produced there put Australia on the wine-making map of the world. With over 40% of the countries vineyards, South Australia can rightfully call itself the wine state.

Wines are produced in several regions throughout the state, though many are naturally grouped together, like Barossa and Eden Valleys, only 15 minutes apart. They include such regions as Barossa Valley, Clare Valley, Eden Valley, Coonawarra, Adelaide Hills, Kangaroo Island, Langhorne Creek, The Limestone Coast, McLaren Vale and Wrattonbully to name but a few!

Barossa Valley boasts some of the oldest vines in Australia dating back to 1843 and produces some of the world's finest Shiraz, whilst the 'terra rossa' soils of Coonawarra is most suited to producing outstanding Cabernet Sauvignons. If you're a fan of Riesling, Clare Valley is a great place to explore and for a Maritime climate not dissimilar to parts of the Italian coastline, seek out the wines from McLaren Vale.

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