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Hillcrest Yarra Valley Estate Chardonnay 2006 Pristine Yarra Valley chardonnay. Just a slashing wine really. Direct, lengthy, complex flavours of toast, lemons, nectarine and slate, its backbone of acidity pure and rigid. This needs at least another couple of years in the bottle to show its best. Drink: 2010-2015. 94 points. Campbell Matinson, The Winefront The style of the wines is clearly influenced by the art of Old World viticulture and winemaking, yet retains the richness so distinctive in Australian wines. Drawing on their small 33 year-old vineyard in Victoria's famous Yarra Valley wine region, David and Tanya have joined forces with one of Australia's most highly regarded winemakers, Phillip Jones of Bass Phillip. Phillip's guidance sees the vineyard farmed on organic principles with herbicides and pesticides, together with other systemic spraying, eliminated. Canopy management is critical and season-long attention is provided to each vine. Tiny yields of as little as half-a-ton to the acre are targeted, resulting in intensely flavoured fruit which is a clear expression of its unique terroir.