Sticks Chardonnay 2021 - Yarra Valley, Australia

Bronze - Philip Rich, Halliday Wine Companion
Bronze - Philip Rich, Halliday Wine Companion (2020 vintage)
90/100 Jane Faulkner, Halliday Wine Companion (2019 vintage)
Bronze - Jane Faulkner, Halliday Wine Companion (2018 vintage)
90/100 Steven Creber, Halliday Wine Companion (2017 vintage)
Bronze - Huon Hooke, The Real Review (2017 vintage)

Bronze - International Wine Challenge (2017 vintage)
Bronze - Hong Kong IWSC (2017 vintage)

Philip Rich, Halliday Wine Companion "...displaying orchard fruits, grapefruit pith and a gentle creaminess. The palate is textured, even and moderately long."

Philip Rich, Halliday Wine Companion "Ripe with nectarine and peach fruit, together with a little candied ginger. Gently creamy, textured, open and ready to drink." (2020 vintage)

Jane Faulkner, Halliday Wine Companion "An easygoing, drink-me-now wine with dabs of lemon and curd, herbs and spices. While it's short on the finish, it has savouriness and a hint of creamy lees texture. It meets the brief well." (2019 vintage)

Jane Faulkner, Halliday Wine Companion "Fun and flirty with easy-drinking appeal. Some stone fruit, lemon and fresh acidity with a smidge of texture." (2018 vintage)

Steven Creber, Halliday Wine Companion "Yarra chardonnay by the numbers here, but expertly executed, and a fine vintage helps. Stone fruit, citrus and melon are the prevailing aromas, some complexity injected with a nutty oak-and-or-lees character well integrated. Ripe fruit on the palate, a mirror image of the bouquet, with soft but fresh acidity to carry it along, and then a twist of grapefruit on the finish." (2017 vintage)

Sticks winery has been Australia's Yarra Valley's quiet achiever for over 20 years and now stands among the region's most well-known wineries. Established by the famous footballer-turned winemaker, Rob Dolan who established Punt Winery and his own Roba. Dolan label. Sticks sources fruit from Victoria's famous Yarra Valley, which is known as one of Australia's leading cool-climate wine regions. Sticks wines are modern takes on the Yarra Valley classics, all crafted with drinkability front of mind.

The Yarra Valley is a well-respected Australian wine region that occupies the eastern half of the Port Phillip viticultural zone in the diminutive state of Victoria. At complete odds with the usual, hot and dry Shiraz-growing image of Australia, Yarra Valley is best known for its bright, complex wines made from Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.

Chardonnay is one of the world’s most popular grapes, Chardonnay is made in a wide range of styles from lean, to rich, creamy white wines aged in oak. Bolder, richer, full-bodied and buttery Chardonnays are made using oak and are produced in California, Burgundy, and Australia. Unoaked chardonnays such as Chablis and those produced in Chile, New Zealand, and other parts of France are leaner and often crisp and minerally, with delicate flavours. By law, if a label says “Chablis,” it must be Chardonnay.