2021 Penfolds Chardonnay Koonunga Hill

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 83.7 points

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  12/28/2023 - LiquidThoughts.de wrote: 85 Points

  ENGLISH:
  Nose: With a nice balance, but more on the crisp side, pineapple with peel and leaves on it, light nuts and some coconut, but mainly macadamia and pecan, a hint of banana chips
  Taste: Significantly crisper, more voluminous and also more acidic than the Beringer Chardonnay, here clear, young, still slightly unripe pineapple, plus lime zest, some white grapefruit, some macadamia nuts, a slightly fermented note, somewhat reminiscent of fruity Rhum Agricoles with the mixture of bright, grassy terroir and citrusy peel
  Finish: Tannins very restrained, acidity relatively present but not overloaded, pineapple and grapefruit linger for a while, only after several sips do you notice a slight nougat note from the barrel, which was also more clearly present in the Beringer with the vanilla in the mouth
  Comment: Particularly nice how they managed to combine a quite voluminous, fruity Chardonnay with a quite round, balanced finish.
  
  ORIGINAL (GERMAN):
  Nose: Mit einer schönen Balance, aber eher auf der crispen Seite, Ananas mit Schale und Blättern daran, helle Nüsse und etwas Kokos, aber mainly Macadamia und Pekan, ein Hauch Bananenchips
  Taste: Deutlich crisper, voluminöser und auch säuerlicher als der Beringer Chardonnay, hier klare, junge, noch leicht unreife Ananas, dazu Limettenschale, etwas weiße Grapefruit, etwas Macadamianüsse, eine leicht fermentierte Note, erinnert etwas an fruchtige Rhum Agricoles mit der Mischung aus hellem, grasigen Terroir und zitruslastigen Schalen
  Finish: Tannine sehr zurückhaltend, Säure dafür relativ präsent, aber nicht überladend, Ananas und Grapefruit bleiben eine Weile zurück, erst bei mehreren Schlücken fällt auch eine leichte Nougatnote auf vom Fass, die im Beringer deutlicher mit der Vanille auch im Mund präsent war
  Comment: Besonders nett, wie hier geschafft wurde einen recht voluminösen, fruchtigen Chardonnay mit einem recht runden, balancierten Abgang zu verbinden.

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  3/16/2023 - Sm.1987 wrote: 80 Points

  Light oaky flavour, lacking real flavour

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  2/17/2023 - gornals wrote: 84 Points

  Cata Cegues #1 (Nu Restaurant): The wine looks yellow colored. The legs are medium. It smells like lemon, lime, pineapple, mango and light toast. The body is light/medium. The wine has linear texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has high acidity.

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  2/4/2023 - GreekWineCollector Likes this wine: 90 Points

  FAINT FLORAL AROMA, BUT VERY PLEASANT LIGHT TASTE, ADMIRABLY EASY DRINKING!

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  11/29/2022 - BCJ99 wrote:

  Typical chardonnay, apple, peach, citrus, slight oak. Quite bland, not giving much

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