2013 Te Mata Estate Chardonnay Elston

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 87.6 points

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  4/5/2020 - Bing57 wrote: 80 Points

  Sadly this is past its best. As the fruit has receded there remains a raw oak taste that dominates. The crisp acidity of its earlier years is still there but without the fruit to give me hope of a better future. A disappointment for a wine that promised much when younger.

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  3/1/2019 - Get Real Likes this wine:

  Slightly past best but still quite drinkable

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  10/3/2016 - Roland H wrote: 87 Points

  Pale, greenish-yellow, clear. Very good intensity, youthful aromas with floral, pineapple and stone-fruit kernel notes. Bone dry, medium body, crisp acidity, reasonable balance with moderate flavour intensity (nutty, banana) and very long finish. Acid dominated palate but the length suggest that this is going to age well.

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  5/2/2015 - Roland H Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Pale gold. Lovely nose, veering between very elegant oak and floral/blossom. Good palate, weight and texture, citrus flavours, a little acidic but still young. Very interesting and lots of potential.

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  3/21/2015 - Barbara B Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Te Mata: Showcase release tasting (Glengarry on Thorndon Quay): Medium gold colour. Clean, with modest notes of stone fruit, citrus and oak. Moderate in acidity having undergone MLF. Big, full bodied, with good length and complexity.

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