2018 Collector Wines Chardonnay Tiger Tiger

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 91.7 points

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  2/23/2024 - Dr S Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Collector number among the Canberra district’s front rank. Maker Alex McKay is a thinking drinker’s wine man. I’m not sure the reds have built on their early promise - good, but not quite sustaining the upwards trajectory from the 06s and 08s that won garlands and bling at reputable shows. The Chardonnays, on the other hand, vie for top spot. Like the best in Canberra, the fruit is sourced from uber cool,
  high altitude Tumbarumba.
  
  Silver gold colour, signalling midway to maturity.
  
  Textbook contemporary Oz Chardy nose. Smoky bacon (sulphite), nectarine skin, gently sautéd yellow peach, sprinkling of grilled nuts. Hits the mark for me.
  
  Good, pleasurable palate but doesn’t quite follow through on what the nose promises. Soft, caressing, gentle tingling acid finish. A melange of flavours from the nose, soft focus. Fresh but middling intensity. Not quite the zip of the top years. Where’s the trademark Tumby crystalline acid cut and thrust?
  
  No matter. You’ll find those distinguished characters in the thrilling 2017. Drink the 18 now while you let the better years take their time to settle and mature.

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  6/26/2023 - chatters wrote:

  Chardonnay and Pinot (Silver Territory Seafood Restaurant, Burwood): "Served Blind.
  Slight struck match reductiveness, good quality but well handled oak, touch of stone fruit. Medium plus intensity acidity and the feeling that Malolactic fermentation has been suppressed, creamy lees, textured grip, the fruit is slightly muted with a little sweet spice.
  I went with Australian and feels Victorian - but not from Yarra, Beechworth or Mornington...initially I thought NSW and wish I'd stuck with that"

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  9/14/2022 - Gavin Sutherland Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Lemon curd, brioche and grapefruit on the secondary palate. The nose has vanilla, some floral notes and citrus too. Great length, v well balanced

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  1/18/2022 - ProfByron Likes this wine: 92 Points

  This gets better and better. Sad I only have one bottle left in my cellar.
  
  It really does the savoury struck match style to heights. Complex modern Aussie Chardonnay.
  
  12.9%, screwcap.

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  10/15/2021 - Avid Wino wrote: 93 Points

  Struck match. Grapefruit, lemon, and a macadamia creaminess. Enough length. Gorgeous but not quite the drive and focus of the best vintages, for me. Best drunk at cellar / wine fridge temperature not kitchen fridge temperature. I started 94 and 4 hours later ended somewhat lower…. 93 a compromise, not where it ended up.

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