Talland Hill Chardonnay, 2024

Mornington Peninsula Chardonnay, hand-picked and wild-fermented in barrel with barely any sulphur.

Talland Hill wraps around Polperro's cellar door at Red Hill on the Mornington Peninsula. It faces north at 170 metres, sheltered and warm. The vineyard is certified organic and biodynamic. Sam Coverdale picks it by hand in two passes and presses the whole bunches the same day. Wild yeast ferments it in barrel. Full malolactic (the softening second fermentation) and a year in oak follow, with barely any sulphur and no fining. Honeycomb, fennel, white nectarine and poached apple over a fine, salty acidity.