{"title":"Margaret River Chardonnay","description":"\u003cp\u003eLeeuwin Estate Art Series, Cullen Kevin John, Pierro VR and Xanadu Reserve head this selection of Margaret River Chardonnay. New releases sit beside museum Art Series from the 2000s and magnums, alongside newer names such as Nocturne, LAS Vino and Rowe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMargaret River has become one of Australia's finest Chardonnay regions. The Gingin clone, a moderating ocean influence and careful oak handling give wines of citrus, stone fruit and fine acidity. The style has moved over time towards greater restraint and freshness, while keeping the depth that made the region's name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLeeuwin Estate\u003c\/strong\u003e Art Series leads the range, with museum releases from the 2000s and several vintages in magnum. Alongside it sit \u003cstrong\u003eCullen\u003c\/strong\u003e Kevin John, \u003cstrong\u003eXanadu\u003c\/strong\u003e Reserve and Stevens Road, \u003cstrong\u003ePierro\u003c\/strong\u003e VR, \u003cstrong\u003eVasse Felix\u003c\/strong\u003e Heytesbury and \u003cstrong\u003eFraser Gallop\u003c\/strong\u003e Palladian. For newer names, look to \u003cstrong\u003eLAS Vino\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eNocturne\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eRowe\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eJuniper\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eStella Bella\u003c\/strong\u003e Suckfizzle. Museum vintages offer a rare chance to see how these wines develop with time in bottle, and why the best are worth cellaring.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSee the wider \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/margaret-river\"\u003eMargaret River\u003c\/a\u003e range, all \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/chardonnay\"\u003eChardonnay\u003c\/a\u003e, or \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/margaret-river-cabernet-sauvignon\"\u003eMargaret River Cabernet Sauvignon\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"2003-leeuwin-estate-museum-art-series-chardonnay","title":"2003 Leeuwin Estate Museum ‘Art Series’ Chardonnay","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"241\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eFrom one of Margaret River’s most celebrated estates, the 2003 Leeuwin Estate Museum ‘Art Series’ Chardonnay carries the distinction of a producer whose flagship Chardonnay has long helped define the standard for great Australian white wine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"243\" data-end=\"519\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eAs a museum release, this bottle matters for the rare opportunity to experience the maturity, provenance, and enduring authority of the Art Series name. It is a wine that speaks to Leeuwin Estate’s long-established reputation for precision, pedigree, and remarkable longevity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leeuwin Estate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46480707485915,"sku":"893","price":312.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/1251\/5803\/files\/2003_Leeuwin_Estate_Museum_Art_Series_Chardonnay.png?v=1749742213"},{"product_id":"2021-leeuwin-estate-art-series-chardonnay","title":"2021 Leeuwin Estate ‘Art Series’ Chardonnay","description":"\u003ch4 data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" style=\"text-align: center; ; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e#39 in James Suckling Top 100 Wines of Australia 2024\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"... stunning 2021 Margaret River Chardonnay Art Series shows beautiful racy lines with a slick and seamless style as it bursts with toasted cashews, melon, lemon peel and pith aromas lifted by mandarin rind. Fabulous fruit density with immense power yet retaining refinement and shape over a long, strong finish. Energetic, vibrant, perfectly formed and built for the long haul.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e- Vinous \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leeuwin Estate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46480718004443,"sku":"908","price":147.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/1251\/5803\/files\/2021_Leeuwin_Estate_Art_Series_Chardonnay.png?v=1749741908"},{"product_id":"2022-cullen-kevin-john-chardonnay","title":"2022 Cullen ‘Kevin John’ Chardonnay","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCelebrated by critics with outstanding scores, this wine is harvested in Kevin John’s 100th birth year. Vanya Cullen and the team at Cullen Vineyards have gone from strength to strength and each vintage leaves us looking ahead to what they will bring us next!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMade from 100% dry farmed biodynamically certified vines planted in 1976-1988.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cullen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46480720134363,"sku":"837","price":178.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/1251\/5803\/files\/Screenshot2025-04-24at4.29.01pm.png?v=1749741881"},{"product_id":"2022-cullen-kevin-john-chardonnay-magnum-1-5l","title":"2022 Cullen 'Kevin John' Chardonnay Magnum (1.5L)","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'98 Points - Ray Jordan - rayjordan.com.au\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThe aromas are immediately complex and engaging with traces of talc and lime, a little pear and some nice roasted cashew. The palate kicks in with its power and precision displaying attractive savoury minerality, a little spice and vanilla bean and a rich buttery, though controlled, textural feel in the mouth. The purity and expression of place is heightened by the fact it is bottle unfined and unfiltered. This is a window into one of the finest vineyards in the land.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cullen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46480720167131,"sku":"838","price":474.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/1251\/5803\/files\/2022_Cullen_Kevin_John_Chardonnay_Magnum_1.5L.png?v=1749741881"},{"product_id":"2022-xanadu-reserve-chardonnay","title":"2022 Xanadu 'Reserve' Chardonnay","description":"\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e96 Points, Ned Godwin, jamessuckling.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eAll old, Gingin clone chardonnay. Nougat, praline, creamed cashew, curd, white peach, pear sorbet and salubrious oak, impeccably integrated. Smoky, reductive and pungent without any constraint on the fruit. Mid-weighted, pristine and punchy, with an edge of chew for complexity. Yet a non-malolactic approach to crafting chardonnay may retain acidity, but it struggles to parlay the complexity in youth that will come with time. Be patient. A lovely, mid-weighted wine of scintillating length. Drinkable now, but best from 2025.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Xanadu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46480722428123,"sku":"1000","price":115.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/1251\/5803\/files\/2022_Xanadu_Reserve_Chardonnay.png?v=1749741850"},{"product_id":"2022-wills-domain-paladin-hill-chardonnay","title":"2022 Wills Domain Paladin Hill Chardonnay","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'96 Points - Wine Orbit - Wine Orbit\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eIt's immensely complex on the nose showing peach, rockmelon, lemon zest, vanilla and cedary oak characters, leading to an impressively concentrated palate exhibiting outstanding depth and multi-layered mouthfeel. Exquisitely styled and magnificently composed with a superbly long expansive finish.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wills Domain","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46814448189659,"sku":"4461","price":80.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/1251\/5803\/files\/2022_Wills_Domain_Paladin_Hill_Chardonnay.png?v=1749741241"},{"product_id":"2018-leeuwin-estate-museum-art-series-chardonnay","title":"2018 Leeuwin Estate Museum ‘Art Series’ Chardonnay","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThe 2018 Leeuwin Estate Museum 'Art Series' Chardonnay earned 99 points from Ray Jordan and 99 from Andrew Caillard MW.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eStellar wine from a stellar vintage. The remarkable thing is that this is a wine 100 percent barrel fermented in new French oak barriques with regular lees stirring for 11 months, and it certainly doesn't taste excessive, or even slightly oak. It has such high-fidelity purity with complex seductive aromatics of vanilla bean and light oatmeal with a cutting minerality and spicy lift. But the palate, oh the palate. This is where things start to explode. Power, poise and persistence with a dry savouriness balancing the intense ripe fruit. It is such a long finish with an ever so slightly, charry finish completing a remarkable wine. - Ray Jordan, West Weekend (99 pts)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leeuwin Estate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46814452875483,"sku":"905","price":248.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/1251\/5803\/files\/Leeuwin_Art_Series_2018_Chardonnay.png?v=1749741240"},{"product_id":"2024-las-vino-wildberry-springs-chardonnay","title":"2024 LAS Vino ‘Wildberry Springs’ Chardonnay","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews on the Previous Release:\u003cbr\u003e2023 L.A.S. 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It’s a result of the best barrel selection, and the brightness and linear intensity have been accentuated by having no malolactic fermentation influence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Xanadu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47411326124251,"sku":"4429","price":120.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/1251\/5803\/files\/2023-xanadu-reserve-chardonnay-7460235.png?v=1754933065"},{"product_id":"2016-xanadu-stevens-road-chardonnay-museum","title":"2016 Xanadu 'Stevens Road' Chardonnay (Museum)","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e97 Points - James Halliday\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eWhole-bunch pressed, wild-fermented in French barriques (25% new), no mlf, matured for 9 months. Its Reserve sibling has the complexity that this adroitly sidesteps, contesting its own ground with feline grace, every part of its body precisely shaped and weighted, leaving the palate with an airy freshness that will never tire you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e95 Points – James Suckling\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eAttractive flinty and minerally reductive notes across vibrant lemon citrus, but it is pared back peach fruits. The palate is fuelled by punchy and crunchy acid. The piercing drive here is impressive. Drink or hold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e95 Points - \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eCampbell Mattinson, The Wine Front\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\"\u003eBoth of Xanadu’s Reserve and Stevens Road chardonnays from 2016 are outstanding wines. My personal preference is for this Stevens Road but it’s splitting hairs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eThis is elegant and fine but the purity of fruit, overall polish, hit of flavour and extension through the finish all combine to lend it a sense of impact. Everything here is delivered with the power of precision. Green pineapple, white peach, lemon curd, cream and splashes of spice. It’s delicious, it’s impressive, it’s going to age beautifully.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Xanadu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47411815514331,"sku":"4988","price":144.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/1251\/5803\/files\/2016-xanadu-stevens-road-chardonnay-museum-7622764.png?v=1754933058"},{"product_id":"2022-fraser-gallop-palladian-chardonnay","title":"2022 Fraser Gallop Palladian Chardonnay","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e95 Points, Jane Faulkner, Halliday's Wine Companion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNever a wallflower, but this vintage, it’s a powerhouse. The usual good fruit in the midst, but lots of spicy, cedary oak to the fore; all will settle in time. Full bodied, richly flavoured, yet the palate is energised by electrifying acidity. And it finishes long and precise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e94 Points, Gary Walsh, The Wine Front \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is a tight and coiled-up example of Margaret River Chardonnay. Grapefruit and white peach, spicy cedar oak. It has quite some zip, some sour green apple in with citrus, plenty of flinty grip, and finishes with excellent length. There’s not a heap of flavour here at present, though these wines do need a few years to come out of their shell.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fraser Gallop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47580844490971,"sku":"873","price":115.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/1251\/5803\/files\/2022-fraser-gallop-palladian-chardonnay-9999267.jpg?v=1757545221"},{"product_id":"2024-nocturne-sub-regional-chardonnay","title":"2024 Nocturne Treeton ‘Sub Regional’ Chardonnay","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNocturne Tasting Notes (2024):\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis wine is a combination of four vineyards, all epic in their own kinda way: Grace \u0026amp; White, Wilson, Victory Point and Tassell Road. Blending this wine was very exciting, I must say. It’s a true honour and pleasure to have such amazing fruit to work with and showcase the best Margaret River has to offer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nocturne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47623997325531,"sku":"934","price":36.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/1251\/5803\/files\/2024-nocturne-treeton-sub-regional-chardonnay-9554749.jpg?v=1762527891"},{"product_id":"2023-stella-bella-suckfizzle-chardonnay","title":"2023 Stella Bella Suckfizzle Chardonnay","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"row review__row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-12\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"taster\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e97 Points, Christina Pickard, Wine Enthusiast\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom one of Australia's consistently great producers, the latest vintage of the memorably named Suckfizzle entices from first sniff with pithy aromas of grapefruit and melon rind. There's salty seashell and toast notes, and a subtle struck match character. The acidity shines like a beacon, bringing flavors and textures together into one elegant yet powerful wine that pulses to a long finish. It drinks beautifully now but could cellar for at least a decade.\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-12\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e97 Points, \u003cspan\u003eCassandra Charlick, Decanter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReal funk, cheese rind, gunflint and lemon with a salt-baked note. Mid-weight abundance but not fleshy. White nectarine, fresh herbs, just toasty oak, toasty cashew, yellow grilled peach, curry leaf and nutmeg spice. A humdinger with softness and malleability. Lively, spunky character, great acid drive. Salinity and shape with fine phenolics. Long finish of fine fruit. From the Suckfizzle single vineyard, the most southerly vineyard in Margaret River. Wild-fermented on full solids in French oak barriques, aged for nine months with minimal batonnage. Unfined and unfiltered.\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" style=\"text-align: center; ; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e97 Points, Jane Faulkner, The Wine Companion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJust an observation but Suckfizzle is now price-matched to the Luminosa as of this vintage. Fair enough, as both are superb expressions of the variety, site and region. An excellent vintage yet the wines need more cellar time, they are tight. This is as flinty as fireworks, with mouth-watering sulphides that infuse the grapefruit and lemon flavours. It’s steely cool with snips of fresh herbs, oyster shell and lemon saline, almost a sea-spray character, that’s so alluring. The oak (38% new and aged nine months) is superbly integrated, the texture light as a feather, as lemon sorbet-like acidity glides across the finely tuned palate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" style=\"text-align: center; ; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e96 Points, Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 2023 Suckfizzle Chardonnay is distinctly maritime on the nose, with an explosively acidic and intensely fruity palate, with white peach, white pineapple, saline acidity and layers of sulfide and phenolic texture. The acidity, to mention it a third time, is formidable, which is no doubt a combination of several factors: the southerly position of the vineyard, the Gingin clone and eschewing malolactic fermentation—the intensity of this aspect may polarize, although I personally believe that it is in part what makes Margaret River Chardonnay so special. The 2023 season was truly sensational in Margaret River, especially for the white varieties. The year was mild, long and dry, devoid of major viticultural challenges and, across the board, responsible for wines of detail, poise and balance. This is the year to cellar and buy; drink the 2022s while you wait. This wine is no exception; the length of flavor through the finish reveals the pedigree and quality of the vineyard\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" style=\"text-align: center; ; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e96 Points, Jeni Newport, Wine Pilot\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow can one wine producer boast so much extraordinary quality Chardonnay? Stella Bella stars with both Luminosa and Suckfizzle Chardonnays! It’s something to ponder while you open a bottle and pour this super charged Margaret River lovely. Offers a regional chardonnay celebration starring sunny stone fruits, citrus and white flowers all rolled up into one beautifully refined and complex whole. Along the way, there will be layers of toasted hazelnuts, a little vanilla bean, almond skin and baked bread with some tart quince grip and a whisper of preserved lemon savouriness. Tightly wound, length is assured as is the high pleasure factor.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stella Bella","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47845074927835,"sku":"6064","price":115.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/1251\/5803\/files\/2023-stella-bella-suckfizzle-chardonnay-4870616.jpg?v=1762527825"},{"product_id":"2024-cullen-legacy-series-kevin-john-chardonnay","title":"2024 Cullen Legacy Series Kevin John Chardonnay","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThe team used whole bunch carbonic maceration in beeswax-lined amphorae. Maturation was for six months in new French oak puncheons. Deep yellow in colour, this is Chardonnay with an entirely new level of intensity of flavour. We have notes of lemon curd, cashews, stone fruits, glacéd orange rinds, honeycomb, fresh croissants and citrus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eA wine of immense complexity and great length, notwithstanding the enormous generosity of flavour, it is perhaps the textural aspects which are the highlight here. The wine has power, length, concentration and balance. Extraordinary length actually, and it should drink beautifully for the next fifteen to twenty-five years. How many of us wouldn’t be just a little bit nervous putting away our White Burgundies for twenty-five years? No such concerns here. Drink 2030–2048.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cullen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48113865130203,"sku":"6449","price":350.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/1251\/5803\/files\/2024-cullen-legacy-series-kevin-john-chardonnay-9877125.webp?v=1767948492"},{"product_id":"2024-nocturne-single-vineyard-wilson-chardonnay","title":"2024 Nocturne Single Vineyard Wilson Chardonnay","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJulian on the new addition to the Nocturne range:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This year we add in the Wilson Vineyard from Wallcliffe, why obviously as its epic too.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNocturne Tasting Notes (\u003cem\u003eJulian Langworthy\u003c\/em\u003e):\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eThis lovely, supple, subtle wine, while being just that, still has trademark Margaret River fruit weight and drive. Think blossom, white nectarine, purity all wrapped in a nocturne Chardonnay mineral blanket.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDetails \u0026amp; Overview (\u003cem\u003eJulian Langworthy\u003c\/em\u003e):\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eWhile I have been taking this fruit in for a while, this is only the second release. What I find compelling is a certain raw beauty in its purity. Unlike Forest Vineyard, which relies on raw power, Wilson Vineyard boasts a fruit purity that is both subtle and compelling at the same time. It’s amazing to me, the contrasting natures of the unique and wonderful sites we have in Margaret River that, really, we are just getting to grips with.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-end=\"892\" data-start=\"541\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThe fruit is from a single site in the Wallcliffe sub-region, but further from the coast, inland from the township. 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