2018 Voyager Estate Chardonnay

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 92.8 points

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  11/7/2022 - forceberry wrote: 90 Points

  Made with estate-grown fruit. Aged for 10-11 months in French oak barriques (partly new). 13,5% alcohol, 3 g/l residual sugar and 6,5 g/l acidity.
  
  Quite pale yellow-green color. Vibrant nose of ripe citrus fruits and white peach, some fresh pear tones, a little bit of woody oak spice, light mineral notes of wet rocks and a hint of creaminess. The wine feels ripe, broad and somewhat concentrated on the palate with a moderately full body and quite intense flavors of fresh red apples and ripe citrus fruits, some woody notes of savory oak spice, a little bit of steely minerality, light sweeter notes of toasty oak spice, a hint of fresh pear and a touch of creaminess. The mouthfeel is slightly oily and viscous, but the high acidity keeps the wine fresh and nicely structured. The finish is ripe, lovely and quite lengthy with a dry, brisk aftertaste of zesty citrus fruits and some spicy red apple, a little bit of stony minerality, light sweeter notes of white peach, oaky hints of toasty spices and creaminess and a touch of nuttiness.
  
  A very nice, balanced and quite complex Margaret River Chardonnay where the oak influence shows quite a bit, yet doesn't feel too impactful. Compared to many other Margaret River Chardonnays in the same tasting, this wine packed a bit more concentration and substance, but also managed to provide enough firmness and backbone with its acidity and minerality to make the wine have a very harmonious overall feel. At the moment the wine feels maybe a bit more "new world" than Burgundian, but as the wine seems to be built for the long haul, it's quite likely things will change with further cellaring. Perhaps a bit on the pricey side at 27,47€, but not prohibitively so. In our Western Australia tasting of 12 Chardonnays the wine gained a total of 1 point, making it finish on the shared 5th place.

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  1/29/2022 - bennymac Likes this wine: 98 Points

  Fantastic .

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  1/21/2022 - bennymac wrote: 94 Points

  Great wine. Clear yellow, a hint of green. A bit leaner than some voyager vintages, but very clean. Lemon/lime, subtle oak. Big length. Went well with pea and saffron risotto .

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  8/22/2021 - StewartWent wrote: 89 Points

  Suffered from weight of my (perhaps) unfair expectations. In my brain - big structure, plenty of oak blah blah. Not the case here. Tightish, lemon fruits, tangy, some zingy. No doubt this is very good but looks like a ripe Adelaide Hills.

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