2012 Jacob's Creek Chardonnay

Community Tasting Notes (14) Avg Score: 83.8 points

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Man in Black's profile
  • Report Issue

  3/17/2015 - Man in Black wrote:

  The wine is clear and bright with a pale lemon-green colour.
  
  The nose is clean and developing, showing medium intensity aromas of green fruit (green apple), citrus (lemon peel) and hints of stone fruit (peaches) and oak (walnut).
  
  The wine is off-dry in the mouth with a medium acidity. It has a medium(+) alcohol and a medium body. It has medium intensity flavours of green fruit (green apple), citrus (lemon peel) and hints of stone fruit (peaches) and oak (walnut). The finish is medium.
  
  It is a good quality wine. The persistence of the finish and the fruit concentration are enough for a technically well-made everyday wine. But the alcohol is somewhat unbalanced and it could be more complex.
  
  Can drink now, but it has just enough fruit concentration and acidity to be kept for 1-2 years and develop a bit more of complexity.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View daver852's profile
  • Report Issue

  11/28/2014 - daver852 wrote: 86 Points

  I get pretty much what others have said: medium yellow color with a greenish tinge; heavier nose than I would have expected, with peach, melon, and quite a bit of oak. Surprising amount of fruit on the palate, and also an unexpected amount of oak. Perhaps just a hair on the light side, but not thin or watery at all. I also get a bit of underlying minerality. Nice varietal character, and enough acidity to keep things more or less in balance. Simple flavors, lacking complexity, but free of any major flaws. Really nice for an inexpensive Chardonnay.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View huse's profile
  • Report Issue

  7/28/2014 - huse wrote: 82 Points

  An easy drinking uncomplicated dry Chardonnay wine without much concentration and depth. Pale straw yellow in color and a moderately intense nose with some notes of melon and peach fruit and a slight touch of honey. The ripe melon fruit continues through the palate, but the wine lacks acidity and has a poor finish.
  
  Een ongecompliceerde, makkelijk drinkbare droge Chardonnay-wijn zonder veel concentratie en diepgang. Licht strgeel van kleur en een redelijk intense neus met wat nuances van meloen- en perzikfruit, alsook een lichte honingtoets. De rijpe fruit van meloen zet zich verder door in de smaak, doch de wijn heeft onvoldoende aciditeit en zo goed als geen afdronk..

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Grochol's profile
  • Report Issue

  7/25/2014 - Grochol wrote: 85 Points

  Nose: fresh, peach, lemon, melon
  Taste: nice acidity, crisp, apple, pear, lemon, for me better than chardonnay reserve from this producent, less butter, vanilla and fresher

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View smartmass's profile
  • Report Issue

  4/25/2014 - smartmass wrote: 81 Points

  Not for me

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

View all 14 Community Tasting Notes

Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.