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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Toasty grapefruit and peach-like bouquet with a classy length of flavours and an excellent acid backbone.
Comments Off on Greedy Sheep Single Vineyard Alchemy Margaret River Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A well made wine with poise, purpose and power. The nose is a subtlety of quinces and peaches with lovely concentration of rich creamy flavours and some tropical notes.
Comments Off on Singlefile Family Reserve Denmark Great Southern Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Big pungent figgy fragrances and toasty brown lime flavours. Good acid line.
Comments Off on Giesen The Brothers Marlborough Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A classy well made wine with appealing complex brown lime fragrances. Great lines to a harmonious palate that shows cashew-like complexity and great acid balance.
Comments Off on Giesen Estate Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Fresh peach bouquet with a light floral touch. Palate described by one judge as being like a crouching tiger – coiled and ready to spring! So much to enjoy!
Comments Off on Gralyn Reserve Margaret River Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Unusual floral aromas almost like rose petals. Very floral/perfumed palate. Interesting style.
Comments Off on Topper’s Mountain Bricolage Blanc New England Chardonnay Blend 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Very shy but complex bouquet and oak driven palate with citrus flavours and lean acid finish.
Comments Off on Coopers Creek Gisborne Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Quite an oaky nose with light lifted tropical nuances. It’s lovely and rich, creamy and flavoursome in the mouth with a slightly drying finish.
Comments Off on Andevine Reserve Hunter Valley Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Classy and complex with layers of creamy mouthfilling peach and tropical flavours. A popular commercial style of chardonnay.
Comments Off on Farmers Leap Padthaway Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Fresh and appealing fig, melon and peachy fruit fragrances and a big generous palate, soft and luscious with loads of flavour.
Comments Off on Beresford Classic Single Vineyard McLaren Vale Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Orange peel and citrus blossom fragrances and pretty floral flavours on a rich full bodied palate.
Comments Off on Yarravale Reserve Yarra Valley Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Complex yeasty red currant nose and a lean linear citrus/peach palate. “Good effort”, enthused one judge.
Comments Off on Bird in Hand Two in the Bush Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A very good, well made wine with a subtle harmony of peach, honey and oak aromas and it’s creamy and soft in the mouth.
Comments Off on Tudor Yarra Valley Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A classy number smelling of grapefruit and bacon bones with similar characters on the soft buttery palate.
Comments Off on Saint Clair Marlborough Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A classy style with excellent varietal fruit purity and well handled spicy oak. Has appealing lifted aromas and a balanced palate with loads of flavour and crisp clean finish.
Comments Off on Saint Clair Block 11 Cell Block Marlborough Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Lovely powerful wine; great colour. Beautiful minerally stonefruit aromas with nice oak focus. Creamy mouthful of excellent flavours. Great concentration and drive across the palate.
Comments Off on Saint Clair Block 10 Twin Hills Marlborough Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Lovely wine that has presence, poise and persistence and an abundance of floral fruit, nutty oak and creamy leesy characters.
Comments Off on Saint Clair Block 4 Sawcut Marlborough Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A complexity of honeycomb like aromas and good length and drive of citrus/peach flavours.
Comments Off on Saint Clair Premium Marlborough Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Restrained aromas of peaches, citrus and nuts. Good palate framework with excellent citrus/green apple flavour definition.
Comments Off on Saint Clair Vicar’s Choice Marlborough Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
An elegant varietal with good power, length and definition of brown lime fruit characters. “It has great presence. Hard to fault!”
Comments Off on Dandelion Vineyards Twilight of the Adelaide Hills Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
confectionery and floral nose with clean restrained citrus flavours and bright acidity.
Comments Off on Millbrook Margaret River Vermentino 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
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Comments Off on Clovely Estate Leftfield Semillon 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Crème brulee nose, caramel botrytis note, clean bright sweet plush fruit, good acid, bright long fruit. Aldehyde, lacking layers and complexity.
Comments Off on Clovely Estate Leftfield Cordon Cut Late Harvest 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Simple floral notes, crushed white flowers, simple sweet white, not rich, lacking complexity and depth, phenolic. Tripical, bright acidity zappyness.
Comments Off on Ballandean Estate Sylvaner Late Harvest 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Simple wine, good flavours, cooler fruits and earthy texture, slightly stale and dull aroma, lacks vibrancy.
Comments Off on Pyramids Road Wines Bernies Blend Red Blend 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Well made and smooth, good medium body drink with spicy black fruit aroma and palate.
Comments Off on Golden Grove Nero D’Avola 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Good fresh aroma, juicy, spicy, and slightly savoury. Well made and balanced.
Comments Off on Banca Ridge Tempranillo 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Simple dried fruits, oxidised aroma,and stale oak. Dried, savoury palate. Simpe.
Comments Off on Dusty Hilll Estate Gra Fion Tempranillo 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017