2016 Tolpuddle Vineyard Chardonnay

Community Tasting Notes (9) Avg Score: 91.8 points

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  7/17/2022 - bowesmana Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Pale lemon,
  
  Aromas of peach, banana, cantaloupe, honey, butter and vanilla, with citrus undertones and a pronounced nose.
  
  Dry, Medium acidity, medium alcohol, medium + body, pronounced flavour intensity and a long finish.
  
  One the palate, it tastes like orange peel and ripe peach with some lemon in the background. The oak presents toasted vanilla and there is some butter from mlf.
  
  Balance: 1
  Length: 1
  Intensity: 1
  Complexity: .5
  
  This is a very good wine.

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  1/20/2022 - rossi.wine wrote: 89 Points

  Ripe fruit on the nose, open, a little buttery, rich. On the palate good acidity, quite bright and precise with good minerality and decent length. 88-90

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  12/6/2020 - richard.presser Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Fine, matchstick characters. A good Bourgogne to low prem. Cru in power. A little short. Severely embarrassed by the 2019 Giaconda that's just been in the bottle 2 weeks... A well made wine but could not hold a candle to the Giaconda, despite the latter showing lots of bottle sulphur and still in nappies.

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  3/15/2020 - djn63 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Smooth. Citrus hints nice nose drinking well but will I prove

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  5/12/2019 - grapenomad wrote: 89 Points

  Coal River Valley hit the Australian scene in the late ‘70s and remained relatively under the radar for decades. Thanks to the consistent quality of winemaking by wineries such as Tolpuddle, Domaine A, Domaine Simha and many other masters of the craft, this small region has become a benchmark for exceptional quality in Australia. Here, the hills guard the vineyards from excessive rainfall and cold sea winds, allowing the grapes to ripen slowly in autumn disease-free.
  
  The result? A very well-done Chardonnay that is unfortunately a bit too young to be evaluated for its full potential. Heavily reductive upon opening. My favourite notes – tuna brine, copper jail bars and burnt honeycomb. Luckily, these obscure aromas blow off pretty quick and give way to levels of complexity. With its racy acidity, moderate alcohol and underripe rather than ripe fruit character, this could easily be classified as a Puligny, but simply lacks one key element for such a call – the unbeatable OG Burgundian charm.

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