{"product_id":"bicknell-fc-applecross-chardonnay","title":"Bicknell FC 'Applecross' Chardonnay 2025","description":"\u003ch3\u003e96+ Points - Philip Rich | 96 Points - Campbell Mattinson\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Bicknell is widely regarded as one of Australia’s most influential winemaking talents, who has played a significant role in shaping the modern Australian wine landscape. \u003cspan class=\"citation-7 citation-end-7\"\u003eAfter a celebrated tenure at Oakridge Wines, Bicknell recently departed the winery he had led to great heights for nearly 25 years. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis exciting new chapter for Bicknell allows him to turn his full attention to Bicknell FC, the personal winemaking project he has been carefully building over the past decade. A product of an extremely small vintage, only 170 dozen of the 2025 Bicknell FC 'Applecross' Chardonnay was produced. A stunning Yarra Valley Chardonnay which is already drawing high acclaim, this is sure to sell out fast. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\"96 Points. I’m getting peach, I’m getting lemonade, I’m getting cedar, mineral, curry leaves, par and flint. All this is built in tandem with over- and under-tones of vanilla, cooked apple, crushed fennel and chamomile. It’s fresh and energetic, in nature, but it’s also a masterclass of texture and composure. When I wrote the piece on Bicknell’s departure from Oakridge recently, it smashed site-traffic records here. It did for a reason. Bicknell makes bloody great wine, and the goodwill that his wines have built is bloody huge. Drink this wine and know why. $65? Really. If you can buy a dozen, do. If not, any bottle that you can.\"- Campbell Mattinson, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.campbellmattinson.com\/reviews\/bicknell-fc-applecross-chardonnay-2025\"\u003ecampbellmattinson.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\"96 Points+. Barrel fermented and matured in older French puncheons. Bright green gold. Pure fruited and complex, with aromas of white nectarine and apple blossom, together with a gentle waft of sea spray. There's a gentle fleshiness on the palate matched by the wine's precise, perfectly integrated acidity. Beautifully balanced from beginning to end; a seamless wine to drink now and over the next four to six years. $65. 13.5% alc. Drink: 2026 - 2032. Screwcap\"- Philip Rich, Halliday Wine Companion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"96 Points. Here’s a beautiful wine. It sits shy of medium weight, the flint and steel of Bicknell Chardonnay™ with a distinct, ticklish, briny minerality woven in threads through reserved green apple juice, just-ripe nectarine and a dash of vanilla cream lending the additional weight. Seamless, flowing, cooling, just enough sternness. It’s an architectural, serious chardonnay but with a sense of reserve, primness, preened grace. And delicious and refreshing. We’re good here. \u003cspan\u003eTasted: July 26 13.5% alc. $65 Screwcap Drink: 2026 - 2034+\"- Mike Bennie, The Wine Front.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bicknell FC","offers":[{"title":"1 Bottle","offer_id":58573939507360,"sku":"$59.90","price":59.9,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0414\/3464\/4640\/files\/BicknellFCApplecrossChardonnay2025600.png?v=1791266175","url":"https:\/\/auscellardoor.com.au\/products\/bicknell-fc-applecross-chardonnay","provider":"AusCellardoor","version":"1.0","type":"link"}