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Community Tasting Notes (20) Avg Score: 90.6 points

  • Appearance: Bright and clear, the wine is of medium gold colour, with narrow watery rims and legs.
    Nose: Clean, with pronounced intensity aromas of green fruit of ripe apple, tropical fruit of pineapple, citrus fruit of lemon, floral notes of honeysuckle, oak notes of vanilla, mineral notes of lanolin, kernel notes of roasted almond, maturity notes of honey. The wine is fully developed.
    Palate: Dry with high acidity, the wine has medium alcohol, full body, with medium (+) intensity flavours of green fruit of ripe apple, citrus fruit of lemon, mineral notes of lanolin, oak notes of vanilla, dairy notes of cream. The wine has a medium (+) finish.
    Conclusion: Very good quality Australian Chardonnay with very intense nose showing great complexity, with plenty of citrus, ripe apple and tropical pineapple, plus ranges of floral, waxy, vanilla and roasted almond, plus good development of honey characters. On the palate it has good balance, with high acidity and intense concentration of flavours, finishing strong with a long length. It is ready to drink now and not intend for further ageing, and can maintain for another 2-3 years.

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  • This wine exceeded expecations by a wide margin at our Aussie wine dinner. One participant compared it to aged Peter Michael. It was truly a beautiful wine. Mellow apple, pineapple and passionfruit flavor profile. Big, round mouthfeel. Low acidity. Dark yellow in coloring.

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  • 深金黄色,闻香有焦糖加上酵母的鲜味,入口酸度中等,冰糖,奶油,坚果混合着植物气息和辛辣感,橡木桶带来油润口感,后段漂亮白花香,酒体不轻,感觉酒精度也不低,典型老酒表现,用桶漂亮,果实特征偏弱,上次喝2000年份的Yattarna时惊叹它的鲜活,22年怎么可以这么年轻,陈年潜力惊人啊。这次喝1998又是完全不同的体验,一个老酒真正的样子。Yattarna真是让人捉摸不透啊。

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  • Lucky to get a good bottle I think, it was double decanted but still opened up much more in the glass over a couple of hours. Looks somewhat youthful with a deep straw colour and distinctly Chardonnay nose.

    The palate is a joy and rather amazing for this 22 year old wine. It still has elegance but develops impact in the mouth with perfectly ripe fruit and cleansing acidity. Very good length and great with food. The oak has subdued and acidity is mild but balancing the very good but aged fruit.

    This bottle still had life and some vigour, keeping its poise over more than two hours in a glass, but surely 22 years is enough so perhaps drink these while the wine is still very enjoyable.

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  • Last bottle of 1998 Yattarna. Good example which showed notes of hazelnuts, roasted bread, honey and peach in the nose. Medium weight and medium+ in length. Probably past its peak, but still pleasant.

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  • By Stephen Tanzer
    July/August 2001, IWC Issue #97, (See more on Vinous...)

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