Community Tasting Notes 4

• forceberry wrote: 90 points

  November 7, 2022 - Made with estate-grown fruit. Aged for 10-11 months in French oak barriques (partly new). 13,5% alcohol, 3 g/l residual sugar and 6,5 g/l acidity.
  
  Quite pale yellow-green color. Vibrant nose of ripe citrus fruits and white peach, some fresh pear tones, a little bit of woody oak spice, light mineral notes of wet rocks and a hint of creaminess. The wine feels ripe, broad and somewhat concentrated on the palate with a moderately full body and quite intense flavors of fresh red apples and ripe citrus fruits, some woody notes of savory oak spice, a little bit of steely minerality, light sweeter notes of toasty oak spice, a hint of fresh pear and a touch of creaminess. The mouthfeel is slightly oily and viscous, but the high acidity keeps the wine fresh and nicely structured. The finish is ripe, lovely and quite lengthy with a dry, brisk aftertaste of zesty citrus fruits and some spicy red apple, a little bit of stony minerality, light sweeter notes of white peach, oaky hints of toasty spices and creaminess and a touch of nuttiness.
  
  A very nice, balanced and quite complex Margaret River Chardonnay where the oak influence shows quite a bit, yet doesn't feel too impactful. Compared to many other Margaret River Chardonnays in the same tasting, this wine packed a bit more concentration and substance, but also managed to provide enough firmness and backbone with its acidity and minerality to make the wine have a very harmonious overall feel. At the moment the wine feels maybe a bit more "new world" than Burgundian, but as the wine seems to be built for the long haul, it's quite likely things will change with further cellaring. Perhaps a bit on the pricey side at 27,47€, but not prohibitively so. In our Western Australia tasting of 12 Chardonnays the wine gained a total of 1 point, making it finish on the shared 5th place.

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• bennymac Likes this wine: 98 points

  January 29, 2022 - Fantastic .

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• bennymac wrote: 94 points

  January 21, 2022 - Great wine. Clear yellow, a hint of green. A bit leaner than some voyager vintages, but very clean. Lemon/lime, subtle oak. Big length. Went well with pea and saffron risotto .

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• StewartWent wrote: 89 points

  August 22, 2021 - Suffered from weight of my (perhaps) unfair expectations. In my brain - big structure, plenty of oak blah blah. Not the case here. Tightish, lemon fruits, tangy, some zingy. No doubt this is very good but looks like a ripe Adelaide Hills.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2018
• Type White
• Producer Voyager Estate
• Varietal Chardonnay
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Australia
• Region Western Australia
• SubRegion South West Australia
• Appellation Margaret River
• UPC Code 9320387000686

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• In Cellars 120 (75%)
• Consumed 41 (25%)

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