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Driftwood Estate is situated in the Wilyabrup sub-region of Margaret River and was founded in 1989 by Tom and Helen Galopoulos. The winemaking philosophy at the estate centres around producing high-quality grapes in the vineyard, which will then make top-quality wines. The estate produces four different labels: Single Site, Artifacts, The Collection and Oceania. The fruit for this Artifacts Chardonnay was grown on sites with the maritime influence of cool sea breezes, on deep, well-drained, gravel soils. The wine was 100% barrel-fermented (using 27% new French oak) for eight months.

Sarah Ahmed: Refined and spicy French oak take the lead here. With terrific citric backbone and bite, plus some pithy phenolics, this is very tightly wound with a super-long, persistent finish. I like the bell pure clarity to this wine. Terrific, fresh lime zest resonance to the finish, with grapefruit acidity. Future focused; very young.
Roger Jones: Luscious and restrained; savoury and textured. Layers and layers of stone fruit, with gentle citrus flavours and an elegant perfumed nuance of hidden tropical flavours. Nutty and fresh.
Anthony Rose: Fine nose, subtly underpinned by light vanilla oak, with a very intense, juicy peachy opulence. A textured quality that’s still youthfully crisp and cut by a lively streak of fresh, almost saline acidity. A balanced Chardonnay with great length and flavour.

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Driftwood Estate, Artifacts, Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia, 2015

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Driftwood Estate is situated in the Wilyabrup sub-region of Margaret River and was founded in 1989 by Tom and Helen Galopoulos. 

Driftwood Estate, Artifacts, Margaret River, 2015

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