Color: light gold Nose: there is a fairly clear oak presence with toasted nuts and vanilla hints, and perhaps coconut. Fruit takes a backseat to that with perhaps a dominance of green apple and lemon. There is fennel pollen here, as well as a rich butter note. With patience (hard to have it!) There are more citrus hints that come out with mandarin and Buddha hand zest for instance. Quite pretty Palate: medium or medium-high acidity with a full body and a very thick texture. Confirms the nose with also some clear bitterness Finish: medium with bitterness
Atypical, hard to slot in a clear classic influence catefory. I think the Pinot Blanc is here to help with acidity but the fine citrus notes do remind me of it. Big body and oily, but also kept fresh enough and in balance by the other elements. Just an excellently made wine. I do wish for a little more acidity and i wonder how this does in warm years. Recommend 2h decant, cool room temp
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Heavyweight white and complex too.. I have to say when I saw the simple label and my memories of Querciabella's typically modest price points, I wasn't expecting much!
Blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Bianco, produced biodynamically and grown organically.
Intoxicating Chamomile flowers, creamy and buttery with such beautiful density.
I may be tough with 4 stars, but only because its not quite hit its drinking window which likely will start in 2024 for circa 10 years. An aged Tuscan white, how amazing!
Thanks to bro @Mika Tyson Teau for this introduction, great to find a serious white with such deep complexity. The 1st bottle at our Chinese dinner welcoming Steven and Sally who were transiting from their hols on the way back to Down Under.
Jancis Robinson describes the 2018 Batar as a fancy Burg such as Corton-Charlemagne, I would certainly call that a compliment!
2018 is described as a great Batar vintage due to the cool weather, and heavy rainfall producing a Chard blend with fragrance and a juicy palate, with minerality and a long finish too.
Delightful!
Tang Room, Damansara, Malaysia - 16 Sep 2022
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Querciabella (Prince Sydney, 40 Hansard Street): Peach, cream, quite rich, slight butter, pear, a slightly savoury underpin. Medium plus intensity acidity, pear and pear skin bitterness, tightly textured, leesy notes here as well. Fatness on the mid palate and it proves a little hard and v=bitter on the finish.
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MMD Tour 2022 Tasting. St. Regis Hotel (St. Regis Hotel, San Francisco): Poured from magnum, nose of pear, sliced apple, and honey, same on the palate, medium/big body, tasty, needs two years to peak, fairly fruit forward, mouth filing fruit, touch subtle, rich fruit, and a long, lovely finish.
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Notes on Wines from December 2021 (Wellington, NZ): Con served double blind this excellent Chardonnay (in fact 50% Chardonnay, 50% Pinot Bianco) I couldn’t place. It wasn’t Côte de Beaune or Chablis and yet it didn’t scream New World either. Lovely gentle aromatics and attractive, dense and tactile mouthfeel. White florals, blanched almonds and pears. Young but quite enjoyable on the evening. A classy wine. 93+.
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Querciabella tasting (Jeroboam HQ): 50% Chardonnay – 50% Pinot Bianco First vintage 1988, average production 15,000btl, average yield 25hl/ha. Alcoholic fermentation and malolactic convention in French barriques. Maturation in barriques for 12 months. Farther 6 months maturation in cement tanks and 6 months in bottle. Served from decanter -//- The wine shows bright clear color In the nose, the wine shows crisp, clean character, it shows broad complexity, a lovely thin oak frame, a few almond, walnut notes, fresh ripe pear, apple, floral notes, there is a bit of beeswax note too, very expressive In the palate, the wine shows high acidity crispy clean character fresh ripe profile, nice fruit, there is a touch of underlying sweetness, medium body, very subtle, smooth, nutty, biscuity and a long finish More floral and peachy than expected
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4/22/2023 - stet Likes this wine: 91 Points
Color: light gold
Nose: there is a fairly clear oak presence with toasted nuts and vanilla hints, and perhaps coconut. Fruit takes a backseat to that with perhaps a dominance of green apple and lemon. There is fennel pollen here, as well as a rich butter note. With patience (hard to have it!) There are more citrus hints that come out with mandarin and Buddha hand zest for instance. Quite pretty
Palate: medium or medium-high acidity with a full body and a very thick texture. Confirms the nose with also some clear bitterness
Finish: medium with bitterness
Atypical, hard to slot in a clear classic influence catefory. I think the Pinot Blanc is here to help with acidity but the fine citrus notes do remind me of it. Big body and oily, but also kept fresh enough and in balance by the other elements. Just an excellently made wine. I do wish for a little more acidity and i wonder how this does in warm years. Recommend 2h decant, cool room temp
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9/16/2022 - Juliansi Likes this wine: 91 Points
Heavyweight white and complex too.. I have to say when I saw the simple label and my memories of Querciabella's typically modest price points, I wasn't expecting much!
Blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Bianco, produced biodynamically and grown organically.
Intoxicating Chamomile flowers, creamy and buttery with such beautiful density.
I may be tough with 4 stars, but only because its not quite hit its drinking window which likely will start in 2024 for circa 10 years. An aged Tuscan white, how amazing!
Thanks to bro @Mika Tyson Teau for this introduction, great to find a serious white with such deep complexity. The 1st bottle at our Chinese dinner welcoming Steven and Sally who were transiting from their hols on the way back to Down Under.
Jancis Robinson describes the 2018 Batar as a fancy Burg such as Corton-Charlemagne, I would certainly call that a compliment!
2018 is described as a great Batar vintage due to the cool weather, and heavy rainfall producing a Chard blend with fragrance and a juicy palate, with minerality and a long finish too.
Delightful!
Tang Room, Damansara, Malaysia - 16 Sep 2022
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7/14/2022 - chatters wrote:
Querciabella (Prince Sydney, 40 Hansard Street): Peach, cream, quite rich, slight butter, pear, a slightly savoury underpin. Medium plus intensity acidity, pear and pear skin bitterness, tightly textured, leesy notes here as well. Fatness on the mid palate and it proves a little hard and v=bitter on the finish.
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5/9/2022 - bestdamncab Likes this wine: 92 Points
MMD Tour 2022 Tasting. St. Regis Hotel (St. Regis Hotel, San Francisco): Poured from magnum, nose of pear, sliced apple, and honey, same on the palate, medium/big body, tasty, needs two years to peak, fairly fruit forward, mouth filing fruit, touch subtle, rich fruit, and a long, lovely finish.
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1/3/2022 - HowardNZ Likes this wine: 93 Points
Notes on Wines from December 2021 (Wellington, NZ): Con served double blind this excellent Chardonnay (in fact 50% Chardonnay, 50% Pinot Bianco) I couldn’t place. It wasn’t Côte de Beaune or Chablis and yet it didn’t scream New World either. Lovely gentle aromatics and attractive, dense and tactile mouthfeel. White florals, blanched almonds and pears. Young but quite enjoyable on the evening. A classy wine. 93+.
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9/28/2021 - kostaslonis wrote:
Querciabella tasting (Jeroboam HQ): 50% Chardonnay – 50% Pinot Bianco
First vintage 1988, average production 15,000btl, average yield 25hl/ha. Alcoholic fermentation and malolactic convention in French barriques. Maturation in barriques for 12 months. Farther 6 months maturation in cement tanks and 6 months in bottle. Served from decanter
-//-
The wine shows bright clear color
In the nose, the wine shows crisp, clean character, it shows broad complexity, a lovely thin oak frame, a few almond, walnut notes, fresh ripe pear, apple, floral notes, there is a bit of beeswax note too, very expressive
In the palate, the wine shows high acidity crispy clean character fresh ripe profile, nice fruit, there is a touch of underlying sweetness, medium body, very subtle, smooth, nutty, biscuity and a long finish
More floral and peachy than expected
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