Community Tasting Notes 7

• GinST Likes this wine: 92 points

  March 8, 2021 - The wine has a beautiful and refined structure with a nose of apricots and mandarin. Slight flintiness on the first night, opening to an elegant posy of lime, lavender and lees. A rich smooth mouth-feel leaving us wanting more.

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• Necowine wrote: 89 points

  October 21, 2016 - Not nearly as oaky a bottle as others tasted here, and an overall leaner style than I had been led to expect. Oak is there, but as a higher, smokier note above very much alive pear and especially citrus fruits, white rocks. Very good.

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• kingkanu wrote: 88 points

  April 17, 2016 - Mealy nose with a lick of citrus. There's some cashew nut, grapefruit and lemon rind, the oak is quite integrated into the wine now, but it's lacking a bit of definition, there's a nice soft and rich mouthfeel with decent acidity and a long finish.

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• NZ_Mag wrote: 89 points

  June 18, 2014 - Pink grapefruit, peach skins and nectarines on the nose lead to oranges, oatcakes and a little honey on the palate. The finish is dry with a lasting toastiness.

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• Periko wrote: 87 points

  January 9, 2014 - Chardonnays from around the globe (Vadebacus (Sant Cugat - Spain)): Tasted blind. On nose it's an explosion of... wood. Well this has so much toasted / wood aromas that it's difficult to find anything else. On palate it's pretty much the same, although the high acidity and citric flavour is welcomed. I finished the bottle the following day and it had a slight upgrade on nose but still wood is just way too predominant.
  Tasted along the Ridge Estate, I was surprised both wines had the same % of 1-2 year old barrels (around 25%), yet this one seemed to have at least +50%. Wont repeat.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2010
• Type White
• Producer Felton Road
• Varietal Chardonnay
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country New Zealand
• Region South Island
• SubRegion Otago
• Appellation Bannockburn
• UPC Code 9419593002505

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• In Cellars 36 (26%)
• Consumed 100 (74%)

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