2016 Felton Road Chardonnay Bannockburn

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 92.1 points

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  2/13/2022 - kingkanu wrote:

  Drinking brilliantly now, all nicely integrated and showing a bit of development. Chardonnay is Felton Roads secret weapon and rarely disappoints

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  6/21/2020 - rgcarole wrote: 92 Points

  Beautifully balanced

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  11/6/2019 - richard.presser Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Smokey oak complexity. Lovely richness but not overdone. Beautiful balance. Great drinking. Maybe better in 2 years.

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  2/21/2019 - Callum's Corkers Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Bought £31.99 online House of Townend, Yorkshire.
  VFM?...expensive (for a NZ chardonnay) but probably worth it, 'drink less, drink better' ! Even better than Kumeu River Hunting Hill.
  
  Well chilled, pop and pour.
  
  Wow, very good Otago NZ chardonnay made in a Burgundian style: subtle wood, lovely fruit, huge cellar potential, still taut and tight but already obvious charm; complex, long and powerful. Enjoyable now, but it's clear it will get a lot better. Will try it next 2021-2022, feels like it will then be a 95/100 wine.
  
  C....still pale/light straw.
  
  N.....toffee, sweet oak, seductive mango, pineapple, yellow fruits, medium intensity.
  
  T....only 3 yrs old so tight and taut, a real powerful core. Great fruit. Very French in style - unusual in NZ. Plenty of minerals, long flavours, intense. Real essence. Lemons and passionfruit. Finishes, eventually, just short of dry. Obvious cellar potential. Probably best NZ chardonnay I've had - so far.

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  1/26/2019 - Conde Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Rik, direkt doft med gul stenfrukt, citrus och rostade fat.
  I munnen smakrikt, runt och fylligt, med bra längd. Här finns en hel del frukt men också mycket fat, lite för mycket, speciellt i finishen (och jag är ingen ekallergiker). Jag hoppas att det här vinner på några års lagring. 86 p.
  Funkade ok till en hummerpasta.
  
  Andra flaskan, 9 Maj 2019
  Tillbaka på rätt köl igen. Kanske var det jag som var ute och cyklade. Den här flaskan var riktigt bra. Smakrik, frisk och balanserad med mycket citron, lite zest och lite, lite rostad ek. Till en lättpanerad koljafile med smörstekta rotfruktsstavar och brynt smör.
  
  Tredje flaskan, 20 november 2019
  Lika bra nu. Smakrik, frisk och med avrundade kanter.

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