Tasted Wednesday, April 24, 2013 by CamWheeler with 501 views
Beautifully floral on opening, tinged with ginger, apricot, pineapple and spice, this is immediately impressive out of the bottle. Medium weighted fruit with quite a bit of richness, it has fantastic acidity and a saline like minerality. Texture wise it is beautiful. Will save my next bottle for 10 years if I can, I don't think it will be extremely long lived but it does have room to improve.
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Lime and floral nose with some honeyed notes already. The palate is quite rich and rounded, I think this is going to be an earlier drinking Steingarten.
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Very stemmy, spicy and earthy on the nose. The bright palate has wonderfully driven acidity and great length. Really liked the restrained flavour and fruit clarity here.
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Cherry, blackberry, soy and spice on the nose with an earthy edge to it. The palate is very much in the red fruited style, with drying tannins present and providing good structure. Well balanced and the complexity was pleasing. Likeable and interesting.
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Tar, roses, earth and cherry nose. Palate is well structured with good tannin, the fruit has started to mellow out and I would drink this in the near future while the fruit is still present if you have any left.
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Meaty nose with some leather, old cedar, raspberry and graphite. The palate is medium weighted and quite restrained with good balance between savoury and fruit elements. Good layered elements that keep the interest level up. This bottle was probably near to its peak.
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Chocolate raisins, pretty floral notes, blueberry and raspberry. The palate has impressive balance considering how boldly sweet the fruit is. Still very intense, I last tried this 7 years ago and it has barely budged! Give it some more time if you can.
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Stemmy character, with blackcurrant and cedar. Well balanced and with good fruit depth even though the tannins are quite evident. Very consistent with a bottle tried mid last year and still in need some time to shed its youth.
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Earthy, leather and spice with plenty of mint influence. Palate has good medium bodied fruit power with good length. Drinking nicely now but will hold for some time.
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Creme caramel with some florals and orange peel. Medium length, it doesn't really pull through on the palate as much as I'd like. Good, not great.
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Caramel, floral, tea leaves and raisin. The palate is delicious, with fantastic acidity countering the intensity. Brilliant length and decidedly tasty.
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2010 Dog Point Vineyard Chardonnay 89 Points
New Zealand, South Island, Marlborough
Lanolin, oak, peach and some leesy notes. The wine showed better after some time to open up in the glass. Good focus and nicely textured it is a solid wine, but didn't really excite me on this occasion. I did prefer this to the 2009 version.
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2012 Vasse Felix Chardonnay Margaret River 87 Points
Australia, Western Australia, South West Australia, Margaret River
Slightly estery nose, there is also some citrus and pineapple. Medium bodied, it does have some good acid but the depth is very minimal. Good only.
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