Still in great shape. medium yelllow colour. Melon and hint of cashew, no grapefruit thank god. light to medium bodied. moderate length finish. Very pleasant indeed and shows Australian chardonnay can age if made correctly.
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Beautiful crystal yellow green colour. Nicely balanced Chardonnay. Melon on nose. Fresh tasting. Apricot forward. A bit more sweet vanilla oak than is fashionable but I like it
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Australia Trade Tasting (London): 13% This wine is very close to the Semillon vat 1. The wine is flinty, showing quince, the wine is wild, with green fruit. The wine is very light and airy in the palate, flinty, elegant, high acidity, green apple, lemon, pear, long finish. Outstanding quality.
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stonefruit, and lemon curd. that almond spiced oak thing, nougat/marzipan. A little warm alcohol and zingy acid clunking around. A bit out of whack for mine
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Honeydew melon, fig, almond meal. Long and persistent. Oak spice on the palate. Rounder on day two: Cream and ginger creeping into the mix. Spice oak remains, but better integrated. Quality wine, though lacking some wow factor that I experienced with the HVD from the same vintage (probably a style preference on my part). Should develop nicely over the next 3-5 years.
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A touch blocky and disjoint. Ripe Chardonnay flavours, slightly stalky/oak tannins and protruding acidity. Wil this get better over time? Tasted versus a very good village Puligny Montrachet, old world won hands down.
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Hunter Valley - 6 Cellar Doors (Hunter Valley): {screwcap, 13%} Clean lemon and grapefruit with a seasoning of spicy oak. Classy wood-tinged flavours; figs and grapefruits appear too; it has plenty of mid-palate presence, with medium/high acidity, medium/full-body and a long dry finish of generous warmth. Tip-top modern chardy, still on the improve. Another decade is easy for this.
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Wine-Ark boys on tour - Hunter Valley 2014 - Day 3 (Hunter Valley): Aromas of lemon, cream, muted stone fruit, slight funkiness, floral top notes, slight cheesy notes. In the mouth there are flavours of peach and lemon, silky phenolic grip across the palate, fruit persists. Tangy. Long. Nice
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Hunter Valley - 7 Cellar Doors (Pokolbin): {screwcap, 13.5%, A$42} Again, resembling last September’s note. Youthful nose of nuts, stonefruits, peaches. Dry palate, medium acid, sweetly-fruited with even coverage of the palate, subtle seasoning of oak, and a long classy finish.
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Tyrrells Private Bins - 2009 reds & 2010 whites (North Ryde RSL, Sydney): {screwcap, A$35} The only wine of the day which was technically a barrel sample (bottling imminent). Mainstream warm-climate chardonnay nose, although high quality stuff. Showed a faintly tropical side with a little air in the glass. Finely judged oak. The palate is pretty big in scale, though it’s hard to find specific flavours among the generally leesy/nutty/stoney presentation. Less ethereal than the HVD chard, this is solidly medium-bodied, although with a similarly impressive structure. Again, it engages all the palate, long a hallmark of Vat 47 for me. Generous wine, with a likely cellar life just a little shorter than average.
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4/9/2023 - crazywineguy Likes this wine: 92 Points
A bottled sampled at EXP, Pokolbin. If anything, has improved somewhat. Cogent whole, fully integrated. A touch more cashew. Very nice indeed.
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12/5/2021 - crazywineguy Likes this wine: 91 Points
Still in great shape. medium yelllow colour. Melon and hint of cashew, no grapefruit thank god. light to medium bodied. moderate length finish. Very pleasant indeed and shows Australian chardonnay can age if made correctly.
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10/19/2021 - Locki Likes this wine: 92 Points
Beautiful crystal yellow green colour. Nicely balanced Chardonnay. Melon on nose. Fresh tasting. Apricot forward. A bit more sweet vanilla oak than is fashionable but I like it
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5/1/2020 - mesach Likes this wine: 94 Points
Simple review. Amazing drinking May 2020. Perhaps not much longer.
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2/4/2020 - Callum's Corkers Likes this wine: 91 Points
brief notes, tiny pour
N...cream, peach,
T...old fashioned/80s New World oaky butterscotch chardonnay; caramel, peaches and cream, long flavours, dry enough for me.
Rec RP £60.00.....Hmmm, feels more like £30
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1/21/2020 - kostaslonis Likes this wine: 93 Points
Australia Trade Tasting (London): 13% This wine is very close to the Semillon vat 1. The wine is flinty, showing quince, the wine is wild, with green fruit. The wine is very light and airy in the palate, flinty, elegant, high acidity, green apple, lemon, pear, long finish. Outstanding quality.
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12/19/2018 - Mic Mac Likes this wine:
Really enjoyed this. Probably still has plenty of time and might even develop further but delicious drinking now. Clarity and length.
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3/3/2018 - Cigar nuke wrote: 91 Points
- Greenish color with medium forming legs and aromas of asparagus, moldy and baker's yeast and has flavours of asparagus and oak.
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11/7/2017 - VinCapitan wrote: 90 Points
stonefruit, and lemon curd. that almond spiced oak thing, nougat/marzipan. A little warm alcohol and zingy acid clunking around. A bit out of whack for mine
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11/28/2015 - majamke Likes this wine: 93 Points
Honeydew melon, fig, almond meal. Long and persistent. Oak spice on the palate. Rounder on day two: Cream and ginger creeping into the mix. Spice oak remains, but better integrated. Quality wine, though lacking some wow factor that I experienced with the HVD from the same vintage (probably a style preference on my part). Should develop nicely over the next 3-5 years.
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10/8/2015 - PaulHig wrote: 88 Points
A touch blocky and disjoint. Ripe Chardonnay flavours, slightly stalky/oak tannins and protruding acidity. Wil this get better over time?
Tasted versus a very good village Puligny Montrachet, old world won hands down.
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1/17/2015 - graemeg wrote:
Hunter Valley - 6 Cellar Doors (Hunter Valley): {screwcap, 13%} Clean lemon and grapefruit with a seasoning of spicy oak. Classy wood-tinged flavours; figs and grapefruits appear too; it has plenty of mid-palate presence, with medium/high acidity, medium/full-body and a long dry finish of generous warmth. Tip-top modern chardy, still on the improve. Another decade is easy for this.
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9/14/2014 - chatters wrote:
Wine-Ark boys on tour - Hunter Valley 2014 - Day 3 (Hunter Valley): Aromas of lemon, cream, muted stone fruit, slight funkiness, floral top notes, slight cheesy notes. In the mouth there are flavours of peach and lemon, silky phenolic grip across the palate, fruit persists. Tangy. Long. Nice
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7/2/2014 - startinoz wrote: 92 Points
Fig, roasted nuts and citrus rind aromas. Zingy palate. Flavours as nose plus nutmeg and peach. Acidity well judged. Good if you like the style.
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2/25/2011 - David Paris (dbp) wrote: 90 Points
Three days in the Hunter Valley, 13 Cellar Doors, 115 wines; 2/24/2011-2/26/2011 (Hunter Valley, Australia): Pretty big, rich, and soft nose. More exuberant than the 2007. Quite rich palate, showing gummy bears, but not in a sweet way... just the intensity of the fruit. Nice mild acid, though thin body. The finish shows just a hint of butter, but then its overtaken by big rich acid. Nice.
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1/15/2011 - graemeg wrote:
Hunter Valley - 7 Cellar Doors (Pokolbin): {screwcap, 13.5%, A$42} Again, resembling last September’s note. Youthful nose of nuts, stonefruits, peaches. Dry palate, medium acid, sweetly-fruited with even coverage of the palate, subtle seasoning of oak, and a long classy finish.
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9/4/2010 - graemeg wrote:
Tyrrells Private Bins - 2009 reds & 2010 whites (North Ryde RSL, Sydney): {screwcap, A$35} The only wine of the day which was technically a barrel sample (bottling imminent). Mainstream warm-climate chardonnay nose, although high quality stuff. Showed a faintly tropical side with a little air in the glass. Finely judged oak. The palate is pretty big in scale, though it’s hard to find specific flavours among the generally leesy/nutty/stoney presentation. Less ethereal than the HVD chard, this is solidly medium-bodied, although with a similarly impressive structure. Again, it engages all the palate, long a hallmark of Vat 47 for me. Generous wine, with a likely cellar life just a little shorter than average.
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