2002 Giaconda Chardonnay Estate Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (23) Avg Score: 91.7 points

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  10/26/2020 - lightning wrote: 84 Points

  By coincidence, another bottle of this wine - this time from another source. Ripe apricots and honey; oily texture and honeyed notes, lacks sufficient acid to hold up the chassis. This bottle appears to have swallowed the oak a bit better than the previous bottle from 17 October, however overall this one does not appear to be ageing in a positive direction.

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  10/17/2020 - lightning wrote: 79 Points

  Deep gold. Pronounced oak-influence notes on the nose, the wine seems very unbalanced, with notes of dry sherry, the oak notes, and low acid pulling the wine in all different directions. No noticeable flaws with the wine, just seems like a muscle car that has become dated.

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  6/19/2020 - robferguson1 wrote: 90 Points

  Cork in great shape but was well advanced and very toasty and not delightful but still reminded of the class of Giaconda

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  5/5/2019 - robferguson1 wrote: 93 Points

  Classy and French in style, great life for Aussie but it really ain’t Aussie.

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  12/31/2018 - Jim Yencken Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Dark golden in colour; heavy aroma but bright on the palate. Strong tart citrus flavours, buttery, dry and reasonably oaky, creme brulee, heavy vanilla. Beautiful drinking, enjoyed after dinner and originally intended to be a dessert wine but was surpsingly dry and savoury.

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