2014 Yalumba Chardonnay The Y Series Unwooded

Community Tasting Notes (2) Median Score: 80 points

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  3/28/2016 - indiscriminate palate wrote: 80 Points

  Fairly pale lemon color. Citrus and stone fruit on the nose, with perhaps a slight dried orange peel/oxidative note. Palate was green and yellow fruit, but also steely (without any minerality to make it okay). Conversation was around the choice of wording: why "unwooded" rather than "unoaked"? Overall, a reasonable, low-price example of Chardonnay without oak, but nothing remarkable about it.

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  10/3/2015 - Mike Kopanski wrote: 87 Points

  Obviously settled and finished in something other than wood barrels or casks, this is what minimal manipulation can taste like. The overall profile has a minor, nutty, metallic taste that works. The flavors are linear, sharp and precise grapefruit, gooseberry, apricot pit, lemon and a bit of green garden. Native yeast fermentation brings a rustic earthy edge. Very crisp malic acid, tangerine and citrus finish.

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