2010 Giaconda Chardonnay Estate Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (41) Avg Score: 93.4 points

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  1/9/2024 - saulwilliams wrote: 93 Points

  Beautiful wine bursting with strong flavors of orange and lemon. Undertones of nectarine and peach. Color starting to change to more of a light yellow. Very easy to drink and a beautiful chardonnay

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  12/10/2022 - Andrew67 Likes this wine:

  Feels like this will last forever. Very little sign of ageing. Beautifully structured, the fruit has evolved in a way that highlights the balance.

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  11/26/2022 - tanduybui Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Love, love this wine. Beautifully weighted and balanced, full of complexity and zest with lively acidity. A masterpiece in Chardonnay wine making. Can easily give any grand cru a good run for its money.
  
  Colour is just beginning to change light yellow and the nose has notes of nectarines, red apple and some flintiness. Body was the talk of the town, with layers of complex flavour profiles. Lingering finish that will linger into the night.
  
  Drink now to 4+ years.

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  10/2/2022 - pbaek wrote:

  Really young showing. Fresh, good acidity, very expressive, good balance. Impressive Chardonnay from down under. Chez Peytz.

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  8/14/2022 - JonnyG Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Aussie Night 2.0 (Buellton, CA): An off showing, though the wine was proper in all respects. Rich and ripe (no surprise), with loads of toasty oak notes alongside sweet orchard fruit and some buttery notes. I thought I detected a bit of ginger as it warmed. Overall, I found the wine dense and lacking in nuance. I wonder if this is an example of a wine's development being "stuck" due to its screw cap closure (of which i am normally a fan)? I had another bottle of this same wine which I am pretty sure came with natural cork as its closure, and it was past peak.

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