Community Tasting Notes 10

• HowardNZ Likes this wine: 94 points

  January 14, 2022 - 2019 Visit to Cromwell (Central Otago, NZ): Brian served this wine double blind with the Boillot. Deeper gold than the Boillot. A “later picked year”, Brian noted. Aromas of wet oyster shell, lemons and limes, peaches and nectarines and hints of tropical fruit. On palate, richer and plusher than the Boillot. More apparent spicy, vanillin oak. Overall, an excellent Chardonnay, the elements in good balance.

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• HowardNZ Likes this wine:

  December 28, 2021 - 2019 Visit to North Canterbury, NZ: Small pour. Served double blind. A beautiful bouquet: mineral, citric and a little reductive. Understated. On palate, balanced and well proportioned. Initially, I thought it was a classy Côte de Beaune, but was not surprised on the reveal. One of NZ's best chardonnay labels, showing very well on the night. In a great spot. Drink or hold.

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• tanduybui Likes this wine: 92 points

  August 18, 2021 - Toasted brioche on the nose with hint melon and other stone fruits. Beautifully weighted body with lovely citrus tone and a very lively and racy acidity. Interestingly, oak did not seem to surface but you know that it is somewhere in the background. Finish was very long and lingered forever with peach and pear notes, stupendous.
  
  Drink now or 3+ years.

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• jjct Likes this wine:

  January 3, 2020 - Perfectly balanced. Still very fresh, delicious round fruit restrained by razor sharp acidity. Very impressive.

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• LindsayM Likes this wine: 96 points

  June 15, 2019 - The fruit was crushed with stems retained and pressed in our tank press and underwent 100% malolactic fermentation, spending 12 months in French oak (33% new)
  
  Colour gold green brilliant bright sparkling 15/15
  Nose Intense , Rich ripe stone fruits, peach , nectarine , citrus , grapefruit pith , mandarin peel ,lemon/lime, pineapple , , exotic spices .vanilla, nutty - almonds ,burnt butter , Really so much going on here , perfect complexity and balance 29/30
  Palate full bodied , flavours follow on from the nose with a great backbone of acidity throughout the palate start to finish , insane length 20+ seconds 42/44
  Overall sensational wine , only just starting to enter its prime 10/11

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2011
• Type White
• Producer Bell Hill
• Varietal Chardonnay
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country New Zealand
• Region South Island
• SubRegion Canterbury
• Appellation Canterbury

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• Pending Delivery 8 (6%)
• In Cellars 79 (64%)
• Consumed 37 (30%)

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