Chardonnay, Nocturne, `Forrest Vineyard` Wilyabrup, Australia

Jane Faulkner, Wine Companion
97 points
Conjuring up the funkiest tunes to match with this all-out funky wine (I reckon Isaac Hayes’ brilliant theme music from Shaft is a winner). It’s the combo of the hi-hat and wah-wah. Can you dig it? Yes, I can – both the music and this, the finest Forrest vineyard chardonnay to date. Brimming with moreish, savoury, mouth-watering, funky sulphides. But there’s more: thoughtful winemaking harnesses the power of the site and thus the fruit offers an explosion of flavour – citrus, white stone fruit, spice and feathery light lees, oak superbly integrated and teased by a laser light beam of acidity. This is complex, delicious and compelling.