The 2023 Vintage was yet another challenging year in Tasmania. A long cool growing season led to great flavours but with plenty of disease pressure to keep us on our toes. The outcome of this tricky season is aromatic wines, with complex flavour concentration, ripe structure, and lovely mid palate weight. Whilst table hardonnay yields are very low, the quality is excellent. Here at Bay of Fires Wines, our philosophy on Chardonnay production is to preserve the essential characteristics of the vineyard and create the highest quality blend from subregional Tasmania. Gentle handling of the fruit and wine help to achieve this, while restrained winemaking assist in developing the complexity of the final blend. We have been honing our skill in crafting Tasmanian Chardonnay and understanding our vineyards for many vintages now. Several of the vineyards we source Chardonnay from were planted for us at carefully selected sites. These are now developing in maturity, which translates to better balance and depth of flavour in our wines. The 2023 Bay of Fires Chardonnay exemplifies this development and shows the richness and elegance that is so desirable from cool climate Tasmania.