2016 Vasse Felix Chardonnay Heytesbury

Community Tasting Notes (18) Avg Score: 91.3 points

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  2/18/2024 - pavel_p wrote: 91 Points

  3.5 years since my last bottle and am less impressed this time around. Pale lemon yellow. A pretty nose dominated by herbal notes and wood spices. On the palate the oak is still too dominant, and makes the wine a bit too heavy and buttery. Not a bad Chardonnay but too much oak for my taste and lacks the clarity and explosive aromatics of the very best.

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  1/23/2024 - TheManFromIronbark Likes this wine: 97 Points

  Refined, good acid with minimal buttery overtones. Stunning wine.

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  4/18/2021 - smenzies wrote: 88 Points

  Disappointed with this price point. Unbalanced fruit and acid .. sometimes even unpleasant depending on what food it is paired. Do NOT over chill!!

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  6/22/2020 - AWBryce Likes this wine:

  integrated oak, stone fruit nose. quite dry, medium depth and length

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  6/6/2020 - pavel_p Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Pnp. Pale yellow in the glass. Would have guessed Burgundy 1er Cru blind, and a very good one actually. Still a pale yellow in the glass. On the nose a touch of sweet oak, white fruit, lime, chalk - almost like a Chablis, fine textured palate, and good length too.
  Probably the best Chardonnay I have had outside of Burgundy. This should last another 10 years. Could do with even a touch less oak (on the nose and attack) for my taste, but then I am a Chablis drinker and this is really excellent Chardonnay. Great QPR (compared to Burgundy...) - should have bought more than a case. 93-94
  
  PS: Just bought a case of 2017 and 2018 now. Very different growing seasons so exited to try them. Hope they will be as good as the 2016!

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