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• Tolgras1 Likes this wine: 90 points

  August 20, 2021 - schönes Chardonnay aus down under mit Kräuternoten, guter Säure und gut eingebundenem Holz.
  Verliert leider nach 1 Tag deutlich an Säure und wirks dann breiterund holzlastiger.

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• Homer Holland wrote: 88 points

  January 6, 2020 - Thomas Hardy & Sons, Hardys, Chardonnay, HRB, Heritage Reserve Bin, Bin No. D664, by Paul Lapsley, chief winemaker, 2015, South Eastern Australia, Australia, 13.5%.
  EAN 9311043053030
  Multi-District Chardonnay from the South Eastern Australia wine region.
  A blend of grapes from Tumbarumba, Yarra Valley, Margaret River, Adelaide Hills and Pemberton.
  All separately barrel-fermented and matured until the complicated blending trials took place with Paul Lapsley wielding the baton.
  50% van de wijn ondervond een malolactische gisting.
  Na de terugtrekking van de wijn, rijpte het gedeeltelijk in nieuwe barriques en gedeeltelijk in gebruikte Franse eiken vaten.
  Over het algemeen bracht deze chardonnay tien maanden door in het vat, voordat hij werd gebotteld.
  James Halliday's Australian Wine Companion:
  The 1992 merger of Thomas Hardy and the Berri Renmano group may have had some elements of a forced marriage, but the merged group prospered over the next 10 years. So successful was it that a further marriage followed in early 2003, with Constellation Wines of the US the groom, BRL Hardy the bride, creating the largest wine group in the world (the Australian arm was known as Constellation Wines Australia, or CWA); but it is now part of the Accolade Wines group.
  TN, 30-11-2019:
  Good, balanced, a well made typical Chardonnay, but not top notch.
  I was expecting more, also for the price (normal price around € 20, but it also goes for € 25 to 30).
  Lacks character, has good acidity, so the necessary freshness (you can drink it at 15 to 19 DegC), but has just a little complexity and an okay length.
  TN, 06-01-2020:
  Still going strong, so you can keep this one for 5 to 10 years, but I do not expect much improvement.
  Still good and balanced, but lacks in performance.
  S=87-88 R=7-6(20-30) 1/6/20 M=now-2025+, but will it improve ?

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• jmcmchi Likes this wine:

  May 6, 2017 - Finished fermentation in oak, this reflected in oak and toast aromas, as well as light creamy texture and biscuit flavours. Nice balance, finishes fruit and lemon

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2015
• Type White
• Producer Hardys
• Varietal Chardonnay
• Designation HRB D664
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Australia
• Region Australia
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation n/a
• UPC Codes 9311043053030, 9311043731686

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