The Marco Lubiana Chardonnay is a medium-bodied, energetic, and beautifully detailed cool-climate white wine from the Derwent Valley, Tasmania. Produced by Marco Lubiana, this release showcases an exceptional balance of fruit power and driving minerality, sourced entirely from his family's certified biodynamic estate vineyards.
- Aromas: The nose is delicate and refined, opening with sliced lemon, white peach, and nectarine, layered with complex hints of flint, dried honey, nougat, and toasted cashew.
- Palate: The palate is supple and vibrant, delivering fleshy stone fruit and citrus tea flavours balanced by a high-tension, racy acidity and a fine, pithy phenolic texture on the finish.
- Style: This is an elegant, sophisticated, and polished Tasmanian Chardonnay that trades heavy oak for mineral drive, seamlessly blending a plush core with an athletic, mouth-watering freshness.
- Winemaking: Sourced from 25-year-old vines, the fruit is wild-fermented on its solids in French oak barrels and undergoes full malolactic fermentation before spending nearly a year resting on lees.
- Cellaring: Though it is highly approachable and giving upon release, its superb natural tension and structure ensure it will evolve beautifully over 5 to 8 years.
- Food Pairing: An exceptional match for premium seafood, pairing perfectly with fresh Tasmanian oysters, pan-seared scallops, kingfish ceviche, or grilled white fish.
This is a seriously smart, high-energy white wine that strikes the perfect balance between texture and precision. It gives you just enough comforting peach and biscuit creaminess to feel luxurious, but the vibrant, salty mineral finish keeps it incredibly bright and refreshing. It is a fantastic bottle to keep chilled for a special weekend dinner or a long lunch.
Marco Lubiana
Marco Lubiana represents the next generation of this celebrated Tasmanian wine family, crafting small-batch wines that focus on purity and site expression. Working from the family’s biodynamic vineyard in Granton, his approach is grounded in the belief that great wine is made in the vineyard.
With minimal intervention and a strong respect for the land, Marco’s wines highlight the nuance and energy of Tasmania’s cool climate.
His Chardonnay and Pinot Noir are particularly distinctive—refined, expressive, and a true reflection of both vineyard and craft.
