Danbury Ridge Octagon Block Chardonnay 2022

Danbury Ridge Octagon Block Chardonnay 2022

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  • Robert Parker rating 93
  • Vinous rating 93
Danbury Ridge Octagon Block Chardonnay 2022
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HED29960

75 cl

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£65.00
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Danbury Ridge Octagon Block Chardonnay 2022 is a single-vineyard still wine produced in Essex, UK. Since planting began in 2014, Danbury Ridge has focused on selecting specific clones of Chardonnay to maximise expression in challenging growing conditions. The wine presents a balanced acidity with notes of green apple, citrus and subtle oak. This wine reflects the increasing potential of English Chardonnay on the international stage.
93 Robert Parker
Danbury’s Octagon Block is the most intense, structured expression of Chardonnay at the estate, and the extreme heat and dryness in 2022 has accordingly yielded a wine of some sense of extract and concentration without lacking drive. In fact, this 2022 Chardonnay Octagon Block seems to have held on tightly to a brilliant core of threaded, ripe citrus acidity. With effusive aromas of roasted citrus both—orange and yellow—toasted sourdough bread, nut oil and a kick of umami savor elongating the finish, it feels like a tightly packed wine with the integrity to age for five years with serious interest. It was whole-bunch pressed and fermented and aged on the lees for 18 months in 228-liter used Burgundy barrels.
93 Vinous
The 2022 Chardonnay Octagon Block is from the gravelly loam and clay mixture of this single site in Essex. This aged for 18 months in 50-60% new oak and a further half year in stainless steel. There's a creaminess and absolutely lemon-tinged dried corn husk aroma on the nose. The palate tapers totally into freshness, aligned around a core of bright, smooth acidity radiating out against a yeasty backdrop, pitching this as an interesting contrast between richness and austerity. Anne Krebiehl14th April 2025

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