Posted: April 4, 2017
“Remarkable restraint here”, commented one judge. A wine that will reveal itself with time. Has elegant but generous citrus flavours and good use of phenolics. Fresh and toasty.
Comments Off on Leeuwin Estate Art Series Chardonnay 2011 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Nose shows a nice lift of grapefruit and cashew like characters with lovely generosity of citrus flavours. Good acid length.
Comments Off on Iron Cloud Rock of Solitude Geographe Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Subtle quince-like fruit bouquet and somewhat restrained, but persistent, passionfruit-like flavour profile.
Comments Off on Louis Latour Chameroy Macon-Villages France Chardonnay 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Distinct botrytis like marmalade characters on both the nose and palate and underscored with some piercing acidity.
Comments Off on Simmonet – Febvre France Chablis 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Aged and developed. Mouthfilling complexity; almost European appeal, some tropical flavours.
Comments Off on Quinson Les Abbatiales Macon-Villages Bourgogne France Chardonnay 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Evolving toasty aromas mingle with the fruit. Flavoursome mouthfilling oak driven palate.
Comments Off on Fleur Du Cap Bergkelder Selection South Africa Chardonnay 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Fresh lifted citrus/tropical nose and a punchy creamy lemon custard palate with green apple notes and balanced sweetness.
Comments Off on Queen Adelaide South Eastern Australia Chardonnay 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
An intriguing old fashioned style with toasty oak, peachy fruit and lingering sweet toffee notes.
Comments Off on Banrock Station Australia Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A subtlety of peaches on the nose and more tropical on the palate. Good tight acidity.
Comments Off on Mike Press Single Vineyard Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Citrus and white peach aromas layered with toasty oak. Very good lively palate with good core of citrus flavours. Creamy in the mouth with plenty of acidity.
Comments Off on Woodside Park Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Very good colour, lovely leafy citrus fragrances and a tight, light stonefruit palate with good line of acid. A well made wine.
Comments Off on Tomich Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Estery/floral/leafy bouquet and fine simple citrussy palate with tight acid backbone.
Comments Off on Wolf Blass Yellow Label Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Creamy honeydew melon bouquet with toasty hints and tastes of peaches. Palate has a savory presence.
Comments Off on Wolf Blass Gold Label Padthaway Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A classy oak driven Chardonnay showing great complexity. Very attractive flinty characters to the grapefruit-like nose and excellent varietal fruit flavours on a long lingering palate.
Comments Off on Wolf Blass White Label Piccadilly Valley Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Very appealing and enticing mix of flinty, smoky, stonefruit aromas. Generous lemon curd palate -well integrated toasty oak and lovely acid balance. Phenolics add to the complexity.
Comments Off on Abel’s Tempest Tasmania Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Green herbal nose with delicate floral notes and a restrained, tightly woven and beautifully textured palate.
Comments Off on Heemskerk Tasmania Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A big generous style. Plenty of toasty honeyed development layered with lemony fruit.
Comments Off on Brygon Reserve Cellar Reserve Gold Label Margaret River Chardonnay 2011 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Toasty citrus/floral aromas and a tight lean and citrussy palate with a good crisp acid finish.
Comments Off on Totino Estate Adelaide Hills Unwooded Chardonnay 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A big developed toasty bouquet and a complex powerhouse of a palate.
Comments Off on Morambro Creek Padthaway Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Cool climate figgy intensity on the nose. Good palate weight and shape with some aged notes.
Comments Off on Jip Jip Rocks Padthaway Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Cool climate style with fresh aromas like lemon curd and soft creamy flavours on a complex palate.
Comments Off on Mt Monster Limestone Coast Chardonnay 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A big wine with developed toasty aromas and good varietal fruit drive to the palate.
Comments Off on Clyde Park Block 3B Geelong Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Rich and enticing with appealing layers of citrus blossom, butterscotch, peach and cashew-like characters. Good use of oak and great palate drive.
Comments Off on Sidewood Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Appealing yeasty touches to the nose with flavours of peaches and mangoes.
Comments Off on Sidewood Mappinga Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Clean fresh stonefruit nose with well integrated oak and creamy butterscotch flavours.
Comments Off on Taylors Jaraman McLaren Vale Clare Valley Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Old and bold style of chardonnay with lovely golden hues and layers of creamy toasty flavours.
Comments Off on Fermoy Estate Reserve Margaret River Chardonnay 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Hints of toasty oak and brown limes on the nose. Great palate texture with a lovely core of citrus flavours and good use of phenolics.
Comments Off on Ross Hill Maya & Max Orange Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A good core of varietal fruit integrated with rich oak and good line of acid. A simple wine but a quality one with great persistence.
Comments Off on Mt Difficulty Growers Series Lowburn Valley Central Otago Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
The nose is fresh, fruity and tropical and has good flavour intensity on the lovely creamy palate that is layered and complex.
Comments Off on The Lake House Premium Reserve Denmark Chardonnay 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Leafy citrussy nose and fresh nutty citrus palate with a classy structure, great drive and persistence.
Comments Off on Growers Gate South Australia Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Brown lime aromas with botrytis-like mandarin peel characters. Nice acid structure to the flavoursome palate.
Comments Off on Bass River 1835 Gippsland Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A good ‘mid -field’ wine with minerally floral aromas and flavours and citrus nuances.
Comments Off on James Estate Ben Braggie Vineyard Hunter Valley Chardonnay 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Subtle citrussy nose and lovely citrus flavours on a well structured palate with excellent acid line and great oak phenolics.
Comments Off on Penfolds Bin 311 Tumbarumba Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
“Almost perfect”, declared one judge. Lovely flinty characters to the stonefruit aromas layered with pencil shaving oak. Tight firm cool climate palate; loads of citrus flavours and lovely phenolics.
Comments Off on Penfolds Reserve Bin 14A Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Restrained varietal aromas with a touch of tropics and great oak balance. Long elegant cool climate style of palate with some attractive flinty characters.
Comments Off on Penfolds Cellar Reserve Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Classy oak beautifully integrated with the creamy fruit and showing great complexity, persistence and presence.
Comments Off on Shingleback Kiss Me Kate McLaren Vale Chardonnay 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Very complex aromas; great purity of stonefruits characters, pencil shaving oak and some flintiness. Palate shows massive restraint and incredible length of some great flavours.
Comments Off on McGuigan Personal Reserve Blackberry Hunter Valley Chardonnay 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A classy complexity of grapefruit and bacon bone aromas with a long, tight and beautifully focused palate that exhibits lovely poise and finesse.
Comments Off on Tempus Two Pewter Poppy’s Block Hunter Valley Chardonnay 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Very youthful chardonnay; cool climate like style showing nice purity of varietal fruit with lovely subtle flinty notes and tight acidity.
Comments Off on Tempus Two Pewter Hunter Valley Chardonnay 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Very oaky aromas; smells of bacon bones and has some powerful old school toasty buttery flavours.
Comments Off on Tempus Two Copper Wilde Hunter Valley Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Powerful complex peach and bacon nose and big old fashioned palate; lovely and flavoursome with juicy acid.
Comments Off on McGuigan Shortlist Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Developed buttery toasty aromas and very concentrated flavours of limes and roasted cashews.
Comments Off on Nepenthe Ithaca Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Developed buttery toasty aromas and very concentrated flavours of limes and roast cashews.
Comments Off on Nepenthe Ithaca Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Oaky nose that is fresh, appealing and complex with lovely persistence of creamy apple, citrus and nutty flavours.
Comments Off on Nepenthe Altitude Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A wine with poise and charm showing hints of apple blossom and marzipan with the citrussy fruit.
Comments Off on Sandalford Margaret River Range Margaret River Chardonnay 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Powerful oak sitting on top of buttery citrussy elements. Great generosity of flavour layered with crisp acidity.
Comments Off on Vavasour Marlborough Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Oak driven nose with some peach underneath. Spicy oak palate underscored by the fruit.
Comments Off on Goldwater Wairau Valley Marlborough Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Some development on the nose with subtle savory notes. Awesome length to the rich palate with its luscious varietal flavours.
Comments Off on Martinborough Vineyard Home Block Martinborough Chardonnay 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A classy well made wine with a fresh lift of spicy citrus aromas-some figs. Good length of rich creamy flavours with firm acidity.
Comments Off on Audrey Wilkinson Winemakers Selection Hunter Valley Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A slow developer that is still showing zesty youthfulness. The buttery nose has plenty of primary fruit characters and an abundance of generous flavours.
Comments Off on Pooles Rock Single Vineyard Hunter Valley Chardonnay 2011 / 0 View / April 4, 2017