2018 Penfolds Chardonnay Yattarna Bin 144

Community Tasting Notes (9) Avg Score: 92.9 points

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  4/3/2024 - etyc Likes this wine:

  Tasted/drank... "sunshine" fruit... A very nice Chard - would count this as one of Oz's best...

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  11/20/2023 - Ohlawuly Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Great freshness with balanced oak. Lemon, vanilla, green apple, crushed stones, and creams. The wine kept improving during the 8-hour aeration. However, my father drank the rest half bottle when the rest of us left for a couple minutes. I am not sure where the wine will go, but potentially 94pt after another 3-5 years in the cellar.

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  3/8/2023 - wineappellation Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Distinctively cool climate style. Fruits from Tasmania, Tumbarumba, Adelaide Hills.
  
  Started off with cooler fruit spectrum, green apple, lime, lemon juice, starfruit, grapefruit that intermix with orange blossom, gunflint, bit of smoke, crushed stones and underlying vanilla infused toasty oak. Zesty, linear and focused. It is sharp with flinty mineral in style. Elegant! Still a bit reserved now, judging from the track records of Yattarna, it might only reach its peak after a decade. 13%abv. Aged 8 months in 60% new French barrique.

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  2/18/2023 - MC2 Wines wrote:

  Wine Bros Australia Deep Dive (Orsay): I’m not really a Chardonnay person so take this with a grain of salt. This was the rounder and slightly buttery style. It feels a bit warmer in style. A bit too chard for me.

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  11/6/2022 - Alan Partridge wrote: 93 Points

  Very fine. Elegant and beautifully balanced. Finely integrated light oak with its zingy citrus core fruit. Great length as expected

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