2009 Castagna Adam's Rib The White

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 92 points

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  10/28/2014 - Bethinoz Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Delicious co-ferment Chardonnay Viognier.
  
  Not usually a style I would be interested in but loving Castagna wines decided to try.
  
  Colour is bright golden, medium body, lots of ripe fruit here, helping of nuts & butter, with a finish that goes on & on.
  
  The 2009 is drinking fantastically now, and is not a wine for long term cellaring.
  
  Every part of this wine has come together right now. Drink up!

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  2/8/2014 - The Fickle Palate wrote:

  An almost equal blend of Viognier and Chardonnay, apricot, melon and peach with an almost briney, smokey, green olive undertone and a hint of butter. The mouthfeel is soft, rich and honeyed. Ripe, peachy and buttery, the alcohol twinned with the tangy zesty appley acidity creates quite a crunchy saline character and a fiery finish. There's great weight, richness and intensity but for me lacking in complexity or really defining characteristics ***1/2

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  10/13/2013 - Bearbus wrote:

  smells kind of alcoholic, a bit like boozy fruit - pineapple all boozed up with rum or something like it, some dried mandarin peel, wax, honeycomb, a trace of lemon, it kind of remins me a little bit of Ch. Tahbilk's Marsanne (with something like 10 years of age on it); quite lemony on the palate, the acid lies throughout - It's cinsistent on the palate; fairly zippy on the palate and yet oily, lemon pith, dried citrus, decent length. Pretty good if you're in the mood for a slightly different fatter style Aussie white

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