Place: Willowlake - Yarra Valley, VIC

Variety: Chardonnay

Farming: Sustainable

Wheeler Wines is Dale Wheeler’s label based in the Yarra Valley. Originally from Brisbane Dale moved to Melbourne to study viticulture in 2012 and worked as both a grower and winemaker throughout the Valley. He now makes a small range from parcels he gravitates toward.

Willowlake is a widely-loved upper Yarra vineyard which produces pristine and powerful Chardonnay. Dale ferments and raises it in old French oak, stirring those wonderful lees to build seductively creamy texture cut by a zippy citrus line.