Mix of wines at Via Alta: Toast, honeyed, cereal and some pear aromas. Medium length, this is holding on, with acidity pushing it along and leaving it with an element of freshness despite how honeyed and rounded out it is. Very good.
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Deep gold color. Explosive nose. At first whiff, it smells like a Montrachet. It has some sweetness like honey. It is quite powerful and concentrated, but it lacks acidity which makes it slightly flabby. It is a different style of Chardonnay than I am accustom.
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Lots of orange citrus and wafer Creme de orange. V much more approachable but still superb minerality and showing for a Aussie. As burg and grand cu burg as an Aussie can get. Kudos. Best bottle yet
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End of the World Dinner (Nicolas Restaurant, Teck Lim Street, Singapore): Nicely complex and integrated, this was the best bottle of the three I have tried. It still bore enough resemblance to the previous two for me to guess it as a 1995 Yattarna, but there was a bit more oomph to this, so that it did not seem out of place next to two absolutely mindblowing white Burgundies. We had another amazing nose here. This showed lots of roasted, nutty aromas at the fore – with toasted almonds and macadamias with an edge of burnt caramel, all floating above a very honeyed core, with sweetly matured scents of dried stone fruit and ripe red apples, and finally nice backdrop of earth and seashelly mineral. It was noticeably warmer and toastier than the pair of Chevalier-Montrachets on the same flight. Still though, if not for that fact that we have had quite a few bottles of old Yattarna in recent times, I may well have guessed that this was a Grand Cru Burg, and a pretty good one at that. The palate had an especially nice feel to it. It was as rich, toasty and warm as the nose suggested, with ripe flavours of peach, nectarine and then almost roasted apple flavours drizzled with a lovely amount of treacle and sweet baking spices. Really yummy. A bit simpler than the two Burgs with their layers of complexity perhaps, but this also had admirable weight wed to a lovely balance. Towards the finish, lots of citrussy mandarin orange notes then drove the wine into a nicely fresh ending with a touch of marmalade and vanilla cream. Very good indeed, and quite about time to drink up as well. Yummy.
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2012 BMDP Charity Dinner and Extras (Meritus Mandarin / Giant Garoupa): Second time round with this first vintage of Yattarna, and I thought it was quite a bit better than the last bottle we had. This had that same rather disturbingly chrome yellow glow to it as on the first bottle, but it had a far nicer, more expressive nose, with lovely umami inflections of earth and mushrooms alongside yellow fruited aromas, some apple flesh and a nice bit of minerally scents. Very complex and interesting. With time, and as the wine warmed up in the glass, rather ripe stone fruit notes, some aged honeyed tones and a creamy nuance started drifting out. A really nice bouquet. The palate was at a very nice place too. Very well integrated and perfectly balanced, it had fresh, lively acidity dancing through a creamily textured mouthful that showed a nice depth and authority to its lemon curd and red apple flavours kissed with a little honeyed glow. It was so well-balanced and integrated in fact that the wine just seemed to melt across the mouth into a lithe, minerally finish that showed quite a bit of complexity. A very nice wine indeed, drinking fabulously now. While quite noticeably a new world wine, this would easily give many a good Burgundy 1er Cru of the same age a run for their money.
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Aged old yellow honeyed fruit, limestone nose. Jackfruit, old pineapples, a little flat, high acidity, and lemon curd and cream. Fresh bright fruity acidity at the start, and fades into the finish. 91pts
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Cooling-Off Day, Pre-Show Dinner (The Cathay Restaurant): The first ever vintage of Yattarna. I thought this was very good, though not quite great. It had a nice nose. Clearly Chardonnay, but also quite clearly new world. Although there was a nice waft of chalky, limestoney mineral, almost seashell at points, this was bolstered by sweet ripe lemon aromas, fleshy apples, and some tropical pineapple notes, along with a touch of flowers and honeysuckle at the edges. Pretty pleasant, but nothing really outstanding. The palate attacked with a burst of super high acidity, with fresh brightness running through a rich, beeswaxy body with pretty deep flavours of yellow fruit, honeyed pears, quince and lots more of the chalky minerality that was picked up on the nose. This was quite nice actually, and still very young, with just a hint of browning apples at the egdes that hinted at its maturity. Apart from that, there was still plenty of power and persistence all the way into a slightly nutty finish. Nowhere near as profound as the amazing 1997 that we had last year, which was miles better, but this was still very impressive for a 17 year old new world Chardonnay. I cannot remember many Californian equivalents that have lasted so well. A nice wine.
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Clean style. Very linear and chalky. Super high acidity and minerality. Super fresh lemons with just a tinge of oranges and aged apples. Still will last v long. Monolithic wine.
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Billed as the white wine counterpart to Grange, I was anxious to see what this wine was like, but at the same time being a 1995, I was scared that it might be overoaked, which I despise right now. Had a deep golden color. Kind of at a loss as how to describe it, but maybe like a good Meursault. Certainly not in the class of a good Grange but a pleasant bottle.
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7/22/2017 - vinhonotte Likes this wine: 88 Points
Cellaraid - Chardonnay Corfefe Luncheon and red wine based Dinner (Tonny's Restaurant): clear, deep gold; clean, pronounced nose, with aromas of apricot, honey and grass; dry, acidic, low alcohol, medium body, medium intensity, with flavours of apricot, honey, bergamot, grass, with a medium finish; good wine; drink now
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9/18/2014 - CamWheeler wrote: 90 Points
Mix of wines at Via Alta: Toast, honeyed, cereal and some pear aromas. Medium length, this is holding on, with acidity pushing it along and leaving it with an element of freshness despite how honeyed and rounded out it is. Very good.
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3/31/2013 - Jay A wrote: 90 Points
Deep gold color. Explosive nose. At first whiff, it smells like a Montrachet. It has some sweetness like honey. It is quite powerful and concentrated, but it lacks acidity which makes it slightly flabby. It is a different style of Chardonnay than I am accustom.
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2/1/2013 - CamWheeler wrote: 90 Points
Seppelt (Colin Preece) Sparkling Burgundy, 2x100yo Seppelt Paras and many more! (Sydney, Australia): Bold nose of spice, honey, hazelnut and toast. Rounded and showing lovely richness on the palate, it still had enough drive and acidity to carry the flavours into a long finish. Has aged really well and is great for drinking right now.
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12/16/2012 - Alex H wrote: 89 Points
Lots of orange citrus and wafer Creme de orange. V much more approachable but still superb minerality and showing for a Aussie. As burg and grand cu burg as an Aussie can get. Kudos. Best bottle yet
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12/15/2012 - Paul S wrote: 94 Points
End of the World Dinner (Nicolas Restaurant, Teck Lim Street, Singapore): Nicely complex and integrated, this was the best bottle of the three I have tried. It still bore enough resemblance to the previous two for me to guess it as a 1995 Yattarna, but there was a bit more oomph to this, so that it did not seem out of place next to two absolutely mindblowing white Burgundies. We had another amazing nose here. This showed lots of roasted, nutty aromas at the fore – with toasted almonds and macadamias with an edge of burnt caramel, all floating above a very honeyed core, with sweetly matured scents of dried stone fruit and ripe red apples, and finally nice backdrop of earth and seashelly mineral. It was noticeably warmer and toastier than the pair of Chevalier-Montrachets on the same flight. Still though, if not for that fact that we have had quite a few bottles of old Yattarna in recent times, I may well have guessed that this was a Grand Cru Burg, and a pretty good one at that. The palate had an especially nice feel to it. It was as rich, toasty and warm as the nose suggested, with ripe flavours of peach, nectarine and then almost roasted apple flavours drizzled with a lovely amount of treacle and sweet baking spices. Really yummy. A bit simpler than the two Burgs with their layers of complexity perhaps, but this also had admirable weight wed to a lovely balance. Towards the finish, lots of citrussy mandarin orange notes then drove the wine into a nicely fresh ending with a touch of marmalade and vanilla cream. Very good indeed, and quite about time to drink up as well. Yummy.
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3/23/2012 - Paul S wrote: 93 Points
2012 BMDP Charity Dinner and Extras (Meritus Mandarin / Giant Garoupa): Second time round with this first vintage of Yattarna, and I thought it was quite a bit better than the last bottle we had. This had that same rather disturbingly chrome yellow glow to it as on the first bottle, but it had a far nicer, more expressive nose, with lovely umami inflections of earth and mushrooms alongside yellow fruited aromas, some apple flesh and a nice bit of minerally scents. Very complex and interesting. With time, and as the wine warmed up in the glass, rather ripe stone fruit notes, some aged honeyed tones and a creamy nuance started drifting out. A really nice bouquet. The palate was at a very nice place too. Very well integrated and perfectly balanced, it had fresh, lively acidity dancing through a creamily textured mouthful that showed a nice depth and authority to its lemon curd and red apple flavours kissed with a little honeyed glow. It was so well-balanced and integrated in fact that the wine just seemed to melt across the mouth into a lithe, minerally finish that showed quite a bit of complexity. A very nice wine indeed, drinking fabulously now. While quite noticeably a new world wine, this would easily give many a good Burgundy 1er Cru of the same age a run for their money.
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3/3/2012 - Mingmong wrote: 91 Points
Aged old yellow honeyed fruit, limestone nose. Jackfruit, old pineapples, a little flat, high acidity, and lemon curd and cream. Fresh bright fruity acidity at the start, and fades into the finish. 91pts
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3/3/2012 - Paul S wrote: 92 Points
Cooling-Off Day, Pre-Show Dinner (The Cathay Restaurant): The first ever vintage of Yattarna. I thought this was very good, though not quite great. It had a nice nose. Clearly Chardonnay, but also quite clearly new world. Although there was a nice waft of chalky, limestoney mineral, almost seashell at points, this was bolstered by sweet ripe lemon aromas, fleshy apples, and some tropical pineapple notes, along with a touch of flowers and honeysuckle at the edges. Pretty pleasant, but nothing really outstanding. The palate attacked with a burst of super high acidity, with fresh brightness running through a rich, beeswaxy body with pretty deep flavours of yellow fruit, honeyed pears, quince and lots more of the chalky minerality that was picked up on the nose. This was quite nice actually, and still very young, with just a hint of browning apples at the egdes that hinted at its maturity. Apart from that, there was still plenty of power and persistence all the way into a slightly nutty finish. Nowhere near as profound as the amazing 1997 that we had last year, which was miles better, but this was still very impressive for a 17 year old new world Chardonnay. I cannot remember many Californian equivalents that have lasted so well. A nice wine.
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3/3/2012 - Alex H wrote: 88 Points
Clean style. Very linear and chalky. Super high acidity and minerality. Super fresh lemons with just a tinge of oranges and aged apples. Still will last v long. Monolithic wine.
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12/8/2009 - chatters wrote: 89 Points
very nice. Deep golden colour, pineapple, pine and butter on the nose then reinforced with honey on the palate.
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1/19/2008 - CamWheeler wrote: 88 Points
Honey, butter, some caramel and pine aromas. Nice richness to the palate with good carry across the palate.
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8/26/2005 - Jay A wrote: 89 Points
Billed as the white wine counterpart to Grange, I was anxious to see what this wine was like, but at the same time being a 1995, I was scared that it might be overoaked, which I despise right now. Had a deep golden color. Kind of at a loss as how to describe it, but maybe like a good Meursault. Certainly not in the class of a good Grange but a pleasant bottle.
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