Community Tasting Notes 11

• StewartWent wrote: 91 points

  January 14, 2023 - Quite possibly the best chardonnay I've had in 2 years. Shows a bit of everything. Supporting oak with touches of matchstick and toast. Green mineral tinged fruits. Melon, faint lime. A 10yr cellaring option? Wonderful.

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• Michael Mackenzie wrote:

  October 16, 2022 - Quite shockingly bad! Must be a bad bottle after my experience of previous vintages.

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• WilliamMP Likes this wine: 91 points

  April 2, 2022 - Insane value, as ever. Fresh style (12.5%), and leaner than previous vintages, but doesn't sacrifice a juicy peach fruit element. Drink over next 5 years. I had the '16 at the weekend and it had developed wonderfully, so no rush to drink this.
  
  N: Cut peach flesh, buttered apricot, plump. Cut with subtle reductive side - waxed lemon, steel, tart lemon curd.
  
  P: Play between fruit/richness and brisk structure. White peach and peack skin. Direct lemon and lemon peal, flinty, puckering high acid. Savoury sourdough background.
  
  F: subtle bitter pastry with apricot preserve, vanilla bean.
  
  Alex and Misha dinner party at ours.

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• Madera16 wrote:

  November 7, 2021 - Tons of struck match. Beyond that there’s creme brûlée. But way too young, or needs tons of air.

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• Woodbridge Brad Likes this wine: 90 points

  July 25, 2021 - Gunpowder and citrus nose, very balanced and very stylish. More in the direction of White Burgundy than Chablis, 12.5 % alc, this an elegant and supple wine, classic flavors that are integrated and lingering.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2018
• Type White
• Producer Escarpment
• Varietal Chardonnay
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country New Zealand
• Region North Island
• SubRegion Wairarapa
• Appellation Martinborough
• UPC Code 9421018436215

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• In Cellars 5 (11%)
• Consumed 39 (89%)

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