2025 The Lane Chardonnay

Name: 2025 The Lane Chardonnay - The Lane Vineyard
SKU: 25TL-CHA-52
Price: 30.00 AUD
Availability: InStock

$30.00 / bottle

Fresh, vibrant and textural. Aromas of lemon, grapefruit and white peach mingle with subtle oak spice and leesy complexity. The palate is creamy and layered, balanced by bright acidity and a long, refined finish.

Previous Vintage Accolades:

2023 – 93 Points – Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
2022 – 94 Points – Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
2022 – 94 Points – Tony Love, WinePilot
2022 – 90 Points – Aaron Brasher, The Real Review

Reviews

Specifications

Vineyard Location

Hahndorf and Lobethal, Adelaide Hills

Season

2025 was the driest growing season on record in the Adelaide Hills. This led to slightly lower yields and a very early start to the vintage. We avoided severe heat waves, but it was our quintessential cool Adelaide Hills nights that allowed the fruit to develop beautiful flavour and hold onto its natural acidity.

Vinification

Harvested in the cool of night, the fruit was gently pressed and fermented in barrel with a mix of cultured and wild yeasts. Maturation occurred in mostly seasoned oak, including barriques, puncheons and foudres. Partial malolactic fermentation added texture while retaining freshness.

Technical

Alcohol: 12.9% • Residual Sugar: 0 g/L • Total Acidity: 6.1 g/L • pH: 3.26 • Altitude: 420m • Vegan: No • Vegetarian: No • Contains sulphites

Grape Variety

100% Chardonnay

Food Match

Smoked Trout

Production

Winemaker

The Lane Vineyard

Best Drinking

Cellar up to 5 years

Size

750ml

A blend of Hahndorf and Lobethal fruit that nicely captures the citrus and stone fruit qualities we associate with Adelaide Hills Chardonnay. It’s fruit bright and juicy, and I can confidently say it keeps well and improves well into the second day – always a good sign. Aromas embrace the citrus, nectarine, white peach, pear with a lightness of spice and a touch of fennel seed. The palate is finely textured, crisp, elegant. Lip smacking fresh finish.

- Wine Pilot - Jeni Port

Beautifully fruited and elegantly expressed, the wine shows ripe stone fruit, rockmelon, subtle vanilla and cashew aromas, followed by a delightfully flowing palate that's succulent and supple. Well rounded and structured with a lingering silky finish. At its best: now to 2029

- Wine Orbit - Sam Kim