{"product_id":"2025-decades-coal-river-chardonnay-750ml","title":"2025 Decades Coal River Chardonnay 750mL","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2027 Best New Winery - Halliday Wine Companion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew Label – Old Souls – Old Vineyard\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCoal River Vineyard - Tasmania\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eBrad Rogers (a founder of \u003cstrong\u003eStone and Wood brewery\u003c\/strong\u003e) and Steve Flamsteed (the winemaker \/ manager who put \u003cstrong\u003eGiant Steps\u003c\/strong\u003e on the map) became friends at Roseworthy Ag. College whilst studying wine. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI don’t know Brad, but what he and his buddies did at Stone and Wood is phenomenal. I do know “Flammo,” and a more focused, expansive-thinking, hard-working vigneron is almost impossible to find (I’m not sure that there is one). I tasted this Decades’ Pinot a few weeks ago at a Pinot conference with Flammo (and I love Coal River pinots). After tasting good and great pinots all day, this looked really pure, perfumed, silky (but not a light weight) fresh, crunchy, juicy, complex and long. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eBrad bought this old vineyard in Coal River which he and Flammo take on together, co-owning the new label. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBravo. Try some! Cheers, Randall.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProducer Notes on 2025:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eOur 2025 Chardonnay has a minerally structure with a real fruit purity. We wanted to explore what the site had to offer in a lovely cool year, so we kept the winemaking very simple.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe fruit was hand-picked, sorted and whole bunch pressed straight into a selection of large format seasoned French oak barrels for wild fermentation. Half the barrels went through a spontaneous malolactic fermentation. The result is a citrus, elegant wine with a lovely underlying acidity - subtle with plenty of fruit presence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe wine was bottled on 4th February 2026 and is limited to only 200 cartons.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"DC Wine Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44383636095156,"sku":null,"price":79.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0561\/1261\/1508\/files\/DecadesChardonnay_3884e7e4-a200-4827-a17f-a6abfd9e7f3c.png?v=1789355564","url":"https:\/\/randalls.net.au\/products\/2025-decades-coal-river-chardonnay-750ml","provider":"Randall's Fine Wines","version":"1.0","type":"link"}