Dell’uva Barossa Valley Graciano 2012
Posted: June 9, 2017
A great drink with lifted sweet plum fruit, lots of oak and mouthfilling tannins.
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Grant Burge The Vigneron Nonpariel Eden Valley Alpine Valley Chardonnay 2012
Posted: June 9, 2017
Fragrant oak aromas on the nose with a light lemon lift. Palate is soft and round and just “glides across the mouth”
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Grant Burge Summers Eden Valley Alpine Valley Adelaide Hills Tasmania Chardonnay 2013
Posted: June 9, 2017
An oak driven style with a good line and plenty of length of fresh varietal fruit expression with an excellent creamy texture.
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Tatler Dimitri’s Paddock Hunter Valley Chardonnay 2013
Posted: June 9, 2017
A lovely creamy wine just starting to show bottle age complexity and quite sweet oak.
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Whistling Kite Biodynamic Riverland Chardonnay 2012
Posted: June 9, 2017
Smells of apples and hazelnuts. Palate is a complexity of oak, stonefruit and buttery malo.
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Anvers Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2012
Posted: June 9, 2017
“A loud style”, said one judge. Has a very serious oak nose with a fresh zinginess to it. Lovely full creamy palate with good oak selection and handling and excellent fruit to back it.
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Babich Family Wines Irongate Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2013
Posted: June 9, 2017
An upfront sweet stonefruit and citrus style just starting to show some nice yeasty complexity and has a pleasant creamy texture.
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Third Wheel Reserve Margaret River Chardonnay 2013
Posted: June 9, 2017
Flinty minty aromas and a very restrained and linear palate with lots of oak but nice fruit expression and zippy acidity that leaves the mouth feeling refreshed.
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Heemskerk Coal River Valley Chardonnay 2013
Posted: June 9, 2017
A wine of real distinction – austere and tightly wound for the moment with melon-like aromas showing a meaty edge and some flintiness. Racy citrussy palate has great quality oak to balance.
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Rosemount Estate MV Collection McLaren Vale Chardonnay 2013
Posted: June 9, 2017
Funky and interesting. Peaches and flowers on the nose. Pungent and tropical on the palate.
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Abel’s Tempest Tasmania Chardonnay 2013
Posted: June 9, 2017
Very complex and quite funky and loaded with creamy custard and sweet apple-like fruit characters.
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Saltram Mamre Brook Eden Valley Chardonnay 2012
Posted: June 9, 2017
A well thought out and well put together chardonnay with spicy sweet oak fragrances and complexity of citrussy/oak f flavours.
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Wolf Blass Gold Label Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2013
Posted: June 9, 2017
Vibrant golden wine; great blend of stonefruit and herbal like characters underscored by spicy oak with a long lingering finish. “Great value for money at this price point”.
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Wolf Blass White Label Piccadilly Valley Chardonnay 2013
Posted: June 9, 2017
Citrus and stonefruit on the nose with attractive complexity coming from the yeast. Youthful palate “Yummy and creamy”, with tight acid backbone wound up for cellaring.
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Saltram 1859 Eden Valley Chardonnay 2013
Posted: June 9, 2017
Leaner aromas with cucumber-like freshness. Citrus characters carrying all the way through the palate with a good line of crisp acidity.
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Howard Park Flint Rock Great Southern Chardonnay 2013
Posted: June 9, 2017
Simple, clean and vibrant on the nose. Palate showing nice clean lines with some nuttiness and great citrussy acid backbone.
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Saddlers Creek Wines Reserve Hunter Valley Chardonnay 2013
Posted: June 9, 2017
Inviting creamy buttery aromas and a complex palate layered with flavours of pears and apples and oak all wrapped in crisp acidity.
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Sandalford Estate Reserve Margaret River Chardonnay 2013
Posted: June 9, 2017
Flinty nose with a lift of varietal fruit. Palate shows a good core of stonefruit flavours with delicate use of oak.
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Saint Clair Family Estate Pioneer Block 11 Cell Block Marlborough Chardonnay 2013
Posted: June 9, 2017
A full bodied chardonnay brimming over with opulent varietal fruit and has nice spicy wood to back it up. Well weighted palate with excellent flavour persistence.
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Saint Clair Family Estate Pioneer Block 4 Sawcut Marlborough Chardonnay 2013
Posted: June 9, 2017
“A buttery bomb”, said one judge. Fragrances of sweet vanilla and peaches. Nice integration between the fruit and the oak with firm acidity.
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Saint Clair Family Estate Premium Marlborough Chardonnay 2013
Posted: June 9, 2017
Flinty citrus aromas on the buttery malo dominant nose. Well rounded and buttery in the mouth; lots of interest here.
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Forester Estate Margaret River Chardonnay 2013
Posted: June 9, 2017
Very ripe peach/toasty oak characters on the nose. Palate is elegant and fragrant with delicate floral characters coming through.
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Paringa Estate The Paringa Mornington Peninsula Chardonnay 2011
Posted: June 9, 2017
Green nettles and spicy oak on the nose and firm creamy palate with lots of flavour persistence and good use of oak.
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Paringa Estate Estate Mornington Peninsula Chardonnay 2012
Posted: June 9, 2017
A lighter bodied peaches and cream style with fresh flintiness to the nose and intense ripe fruit flavours that shine through. Has texture, weight and good mouthfeel. Faultless!
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Jacob’s Creek Reeves Point Barossa Kangaroo Island Chardonnay 2013
Posted: June 9, 2017
Fragrant oak is the dominant character on the nose with good oak/peach flavours.
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Chain of Ponds Corkscrew Road Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2013
Posted: June 9, 2017
Some chocolaty barrel ferment characters on the nose. Good layering of flavours on the nicely textured palate that has a persistent finish.
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Pask Gimblett Road Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2013
Posted: June 9, 2017
Excellent perfumed nose with a lovely ginger-like lift. Palate showing good level of primary fruit with good yeast adding complexity.
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Pask Declaration Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2013
Posted: June 9, 2017
A simple but pleasant style with apricot and nectarine characters on both the nose and palate.
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Pask Gimblett Road Small Batch Sur Lie Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2013
Posted: June 9, 2017
Pleasant sherbety characters to the nose. Clean and crisp in the mouth with zingy citrus like acid.
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