Intercontinental hotel, Macquarie Street, Sydney
Tasted Monday, May 6, 2013 by chatters with 561 views
Trade tasting by Bacchus Wine merchants (plus a couple of others) - I got there early and tucked in, shall we say, before the crowds arrived.
Nom nom nom. I know I shouldn't but I do, and I think I always will, take massive pleasure from the ubiquitous ABC's nemesis
Hmm, I find when I taste red Burgundy there is a lot of earth (no pun intended) and not much gold. But there is always a damn site more gold than I find when I taste NZ, Australian and Californian Pinot Noir.
Missing my favourites - the Chardonnay and the No.3 but I thought I'd have a go at there Pinot and Cab blends.
Good tasting, lovely to try all those Henri de Villamont entry level wines...not that I necessarily thought they tasted lovely though. I could have happily stayed tasting for another hour or two but the office beckoned...
2012 Kilikanoon Chardonnay Organic
Australia, South Australia
Peach, slight spice cream, tart citrus, lees time. Bit simple, well made and ends clean. A non-discernible quaffer.
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2012 Kilikanoon Chardonnay
Australia, South Australia
peach, stone fruit, oak notes, lemon over peach in the mouth, slight front of mouth grip that is slightly coarse
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2011 Dexter Chardonnay
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Mornington Peninsula
Oak over cream and citrus notes - lemon and almost orange in fact. In the mouth there is citrus, cream. The wine is medium plus bodied and a little warm from alcohol on the finish.
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2010 Stella Bella Chardonnay
Australia, Western Australia, South West Australia, Margaret River
Peach, slight apricot, balance oak, floral notes. Lees, butter, peach, backbone and structure. Slight front of palate grip, long, balanced, elegant. Good
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2011 Juniper Estate Chardonnay Juniper Crossing
Australia, Western Australia, South West Australia, Margaret River
Medium minus intensity aromas of floral over perfumed fruit, slight oak, slight residual sugar, mid palate grip. Bit simple, bit out of whack. Nah.
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2010 Juniper Estate Chardonnay
Australia, Western Australia, South West Australia, Margaret River
Funky, bacon fat, oak over stone fruit. Slightly tart lemon in the mouth. Medium plus acid, oak, spice, massive mouthfeel for a chardonnay, prominent tannin - built to age. Kind of nice.
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2010 Gérard Bertrand Chardonnay Aigle Noir
France, Languedoc Roussillon, Vin de Pays d'Oc
Gold coloured…medium minus intensity aromas of slight herbs, mineral, almost fennel and more of the same on the palate. Slightly bitter. Meh.
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2010 Henri de Villamont Chardonnay Bourgogne Blanc Prestige
France, Burgundy, Bourgogne Blanc
Ripe fruit - especially stone fruit accompany floral top notes. In the mouth peach and spice dominate before being replaced by slight front of mouth phenolic grip and acid come rolling in. A little short, a little simple but nice enough
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