Posted: April 4, 2017
A very flavoursome, old fashioned style, not a classic but very good with lovely ripe peachy fruit, toasty oak complexity and honeyed bottle age.
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Posted: April 4, 2017
Ripe Aussie style; all fruity with developed honeyed aromas and simple toasty creamy palate.
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Posted: April 4, 2017
A very reserved and elegant toasty nose with a tight somewhat stylistic fruit/oak palate. Has lovely freshness for a four-year old.
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Posted: April 4, 2017
Slight botrytis characters to the nose and nicely textured palate, great flavours, lovely acidity, developing gracefully
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Posted: April 4, 2017
A classic brown-lime style with lovely green hues. This wine is tight and elegant and developing typical oily kerosene-like aged characters. Has intense acidity and a drying finish.
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Posted: April 4, 2017
Yeasty savory bouquet and fresh crunchy lemony palate; hints of baked bread.
Comments Off on Cannibal Creek Methode Traditionelle Gippsland Sparkling Chardonnay 2011 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A lovely flavoursome semillon with some attractive aged characters developing. It is full of fruit; a “yummy” combo of lemon butter, toast, melons and citrus.
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Posted: April 3, 2017
Very champagne-like with a bold, commanding buttery preserved citrus nose and a charming toasty honeyed palate carried by zingy lime sherbet like acid line. 5+
Comments Off on Bunnamagoo Estate Central Ranges Sparkling Pinot Noir Chardonnay 2011 / 0 View / April 3, 2017
Posted: April 3, 2017
Pungent nutty mushroomy nose with similar characters echoed on the long palate.
Comments Off on Heemskerk Abels Tempest Tasmania Chardonnay Pinot Noir 2011 / 0 View / April 3, 2017
Posted: April 3, 2017
A lively fresh citrus nose with a certain elegance. Palate is like a fresh plate of pears, melons and lemons. Nice nougat notes.
Comments Off on Salinger Henty Vintage Cuvee 2011 / 0 View / April 3, 2017
Posted: April 3, 2017
Big, ripe and bold and showing obvious development with lovely long layers of flavours, good yeastiness and tight acidity.
Comments Off on Coldstream Hills Single Vineyard Yarra Valley Chardonnay Pinot Noir 2011 / 0 View / April 3, 2017
Posted: April 3, 2017
Nose shows a nice combination of yeast, fruit and toasty age with lovely layers of flavour – not complex but very nice..
Comments Off on Chandon Yarra Valley Blanc de Noirs 2011 / 0 View / April 3, 2017
Posted: April 3, 2017
A light yeastiness on the nose and palate with nice sweet fruit presence, good acidity and well integrated toastiness Aperitif style. 5+
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Posted: April 3, 2017
A beautiful wine – light and easy – pretty and elegant. The floral-like varietal fruit is edged with yeasty toasty notes.
Comments Off on Audrey Wilkinson Blanc de Blanc Hunter Valley Chardonnay 2011 / 0 View / April 3, 2017
Posted: April 3, 2017
Nutty melon bouquet with elegant refined fruit flavours nicely punctuated by the yeast autolysis and firm acidity.
Comments Off on Mosquito Hill Blanc de Blancs Southern Fleurieu Chardonnay 2011 / 0 View / April 3, 2017
Posted: April 3, 2017
Subtle fruit bouquet but powerful intensity of flavours with some great dosage and balancing acidity. “Has a Tassie feel to it”, according to one judge. 5+
Comments Off on Taltarni Vineyards Brut 2011 / 0 View / April 3, 2017
Posted: April 3, 2017
Quite fruity with robust citrus aromas and a long well integrated palate with strong acid backbone. “Still a pup”, said one. 5+
Comments Off on Blue Pyrenees Estate Vintage Brut Pyrenees Chardonnay Pinot Noir Pinot Meunier 2011 / 0 View / April 3, 2017
Posted: April 3, 2017
Amazing floral strawberry aromas – very youthful with a refreshing, delicately flavoured, palate showing pleasant creamy texture. 5+
Comments Off on Wicks Estate Adelaide Hills Chardonnay Pinot Noir 2011 / 0 View / April 3, 2017
Posted: April 3, 2017
An aperitif style with lifted citrussy fruit, bright acidity and hints of oyster shell minerality. Shows lots of promise. 5+
Comments Off on Smithbrook The Yilgarn Methode Traditionelle Blanc de Blancs 2011 / 0 View / April 3, 2017