Community Tasting Notes 8

• MyCellar01 wrote: 92 points

  July 5, 2014 - 2nd day open.
  Translucent pale white gold in colour.
  Minimal oak intrusion, no matchstick only vanillin nose. Tropical, banana over white stone fruit, some almond meal.
  Medium full mouthfeel, rounded white stone fruit, fleshy, not too ripe, squeeze of lime, all balanced by mild mouthwatering acidity for a medium finish.
  Definitely a candidate for a couple of hours in the decanter.

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• MyCellar01 wrote: 88 points

  July 4, 2014 - Coldstream Hills Reserve Chardonnay 2011, Yarra Valley VIC.
  Matchstick & bakers yeast on the nose. Matchstick saying too much sulfur added for my liking. Hard to get any other aromas when this is at the front line.
  Lots of oak, 59% new to be precise, medium palate weight with a touch of minerality. Taste of slightly unripe blood plums. Touch of citrus tang w finish of lemon / orange pith.
  Would recommend another 3+ years cellaring before taking a look at this again.
  88 points now, could move to 94 w bottle age.
  
  Guest note written by Beth Clarke.

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• Patrick - winereviewer.com.au wrote: 96 points

  April 13, 2014 - This wine is only produced in years where the vintage conditions and resultant wine warrant it. Increasingly as time goes on the 2011 vintage will go down as a real struggle for reds but one that produced cellar worthy whites with a mineral purity that is not always seen along the south eastern seaboard.
  
  The nose has beguiling complexity, this is a wine you almost didn't want to drink due to the sheer enjoyment of smelling it. There is flint and wood spice with nectarine skins and white peach on the nose. The palate maintains both depth and elegance with tightly bound nectarine and citrus that benefits from wood spice and nougat complexity. The acidity on the mid to back palate is precise and strips back the wines richness, but maintains enough oak and stone fruit input to remain balanced.
  
  The finish has tremendous length, the 2011 will grow in stature over the next decade.
  Review Link - www.winereviewer.com.au (drink from 2014-2025)

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• graemeg wrote:

  February 14, 2014 - 2014 Sydney Royal Wine Show - Exhibitor's Tasting & Trophy Wines Lunch (Homebush & Four Seasons Hotel): [trophy-best show wine in last 12 months] {screwcap, 13%} Lovely mix of figs and nuts, with sweet vanilla/clove oak. A great save from the vintage; this make the Top100 at the Sydney International Wine Show this year too. The palate tastes quite heavily worked, with plenty of lees character, nuts and oak. Maybe it tastes a little confected (not sweet), but the sheer deliciousness of it can’t be denied. Coats all the palate with flavour; is medium-bodied with a medium-length finish. Drink up in the next few years for best results I reckon; why risk that the vintage can be denied forever?

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• JJAussie wrote: 94 points

  January 25, 2014 - Amazing Chardonnay, as good as it gets in the Yarra and I think matches Margaret River. Great nose and perfect buttery after taste.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2011
• Type White
• Producer Coldstream Hills
• Varietal Chardonnay
• Designation Reserve
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Australia
• Region Victoria
• SubRegion Port Phillip
• Appellation Yarra Valley
• UPC Code 9315926000357

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• In Cellars 30 (59%)
• Consumed 21 (41%)

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