June 12, 2022 - Light straw colour. Muted nose. Plate has usual lemon and butter notes. Having had a mini vertical recently this is just hitting the sweet spot for this wine, which in my opinion is 20 years. Hold it you only have a bottle or two, or start enjoying if you have more.
March 20, 2022 - Peach and pineapple cake. Viscous texture, low acid, highly toasted American oak notes, and sings this note for a long time. Lacks cut and definition, and is hard work…if this were a red, it would be the flabbiest Barossa or Rutherglen Shiraz you can think of. The rest of the bottle to be used for cooking wine, sadly. 14.5% ABV, would not be surprised if was considerably higher in alcohol.
Professionally stored since release, Stelvin-sealed.
January 22, 2022 - nice and buttery as expected, oaky, very flinty and mineral. Drinking beautifully.
January 21, 2022 - Drinking well - tastes much better outbid the right glass
December 25, 2021 - 16 years on this wine has exceptional structure and length - probably right in its drinking window now, will last another couple of years but drink it now !
February 17, 2021 - Margaret River Tasting (Bistro Cocotte, Haberfield): Aromas of peach, stone fruit, slight citrus; lime over lemon, toast, a little cedar and oak. Medium intensity acidity, the oak lends toast and sligth grip/structure. Lemon and lime, a little stone fruit, slight alcohol warmth on the finish. Balanced. Polished. Very nice but, for some reason, not quite pressing my buttons tonight.
January 26, 2021 - Screwcap, 14.5% alc. Bright gold, still relatively youthful colour.
Outstanding. Let’s get that out of the way. Powerful nose of concentrated pear, grapefruit, cashew, butter, tobacco, warmed spices, and vanilla custard. Intense florals emerge after 2 days open, along with some hazelnut.
Powerful palate. Intensely fruited. Creamy/rounded mouthfeel, yet it possesses great drive through well-balanced acidity.
Opinion. Big chardonnay, perhaps already past its peak. It almost becomes a bit too much after a couple of glasses such is its intensity. Drink over the next couple of years, with some flavoursome food.
December 14, 2020 - Sadly this wine is now reaching the end of its drinking window. It has been an amazing servant, loyal, hard working, diligent. But now it is slowly starting to fade, the acid is no longer as bright and refreshing as it once was. I’ll quickly finish the last remaining bottles over the rest of summer before the swallows fly south for winter.
October 6, 2020 - Tasted blind. Stone fruit, citrus, and apples on the nose. Silky texture with significant richness on the palate, good acidity and ripe stone fruit flavors. Long finish. The quality of this wine is quite there, but it's not my style and just too ripe/rich for me to really enjoy. Interesting and good nonetheless.
May 4, 2020 - medium gold, lots of clarity, silvery hue
Nose: pear, green apple, minerals, white pepper, wax, butter, honey, lemon, hazelnut, oak
Pal: pear, green apple, minerals, white pepper, wax, butter, honey, lemon, hazelnut, green herbs, flint, limestone, oak, complex
Feel: full, buttery, smooth, round, acidic, sharp, metallic
Finish: long
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