2024 Vasse Felix DHH1 Single Plot Chardonnay 750ml

Description

The 2024 Vasse Felix DHH1 Single Plot Chardonnay is an ultra-premium, limited-release Chardonnay that captures the unique personality of a single vineyard plot within the renowned Wallcliffe vineyard in Margaret River. Produced by Vasse Felix, the DHH1 bottling represents one of the purest expressions of site-specific Chardonnay in Australia. Sourced from a tiny parcel of Gingin clone Chardonnay grown in a cool, elevated section of the vineyard, this wine highlights precision, finesse, and exceptional vineyard character.

The 2024 season proved particularly successful for this plot, delivering fruit with remarkable intensity, natural acidity, and purity. Whole bunches were gently pressed before undergoing wild fermentation, followed by maturation in seasoned French oak barriques with no new oak influence. The wine was bottled unfined and unfiltered, preserving its authentic vineyard expression and textural complexity.

The bouquet is refined and intricate, revealing aromas of lemon pith, grapefruit, white nectarine, citrus blossom, wet stone, ginger spice, and subtle flinty complexity. Delicate notes of candle wax, saline minerality, and natural fermentation nuances add further depth and sophistication.

On the palate, the wine is crystalline and precise, delivering layers of grapefruit, lemon, white peach, pear, and citrus peel supported by vibrant acidity and pronounced mineral tension. The texture is silky yet focused, with chalky phenolics, savoury complexity, and a distinctive saline character contributing to its remarkable structure and persistence.

The finish is exceptionally long, dry, and refined, lingering with notes of citrus zest, wet stone, ginger, and chalky minerality. While approachable in its youth, the wine possesses the concentration and structure to evolve gracefully over the next 10 years or more.

A rare and highly sought-after Chardonnay, the 2024 Vasse Felix DHH1 Single Plot Chardonnay showcases the extraordinary potential of Margaret River’s finest vineyard sites, offering outstanding purity, complexity, and age-worthiness.