Some fantastic words by Andrew Caillard MW in The Vintage Journal covering the new Chardonnays from our Tiers Vineyard and Tiers 1.5M Vineyard. “The results highlight the quality of the vineyard, the epigenetic evolution of the vines, and winemaking methods,” he writes, placing the 2025 vintage of these fantastic wines into the greater canon of the Tiers Vineyard. Thank you very much for your thoughts and eloquent writing!
Read his chronicle of The Tiers Vineyard, as well as a short history of The Foggy Hill Vineyard, and his reviews of the 2025 Tiers Vineyard and Tiers 1.5M Vineyard Chardonnays.
2025 Tapanappa 1.5m Tiers Vineyard Chardonnay, Adelaide Hills – South Australia
Pale colour. Lovely pure grapefruit, lemon curd, hint tonic water aromas. Fresh and lithe with grapefruit, nectarine, lemon curd flavours, fine lacy textures, some savoury complexity and long minerally/ crunchy acidity. Beautiful flow, purity and length. Ready to drink, but worth keeping for a while. Based on Bernard Clones 76 & 95. 95 points
2025 Tapanappa Tiers Vineyard Chardonnay, Adelaide Hills – South Australia
Pale colour. Intense grapefruit, bitter lemon, flinty aromas with hints of marzipan. Tightly structured but refreshing with ample grapefruit, lemon, hint apricot fruits, supple/ looseknit chalky textures, very good mid-palate volume and fresh resonating/ indelible acidity. Pure, linear and minerally. Heritage clones. Drink now – 2035 95 points