Quite a lot of tropical fruits on the nose, malo cream, peach. Medium to full on the palate, toasted oak, malo flavours, peach and passion fruit. Good finish, balanced, decent length. Tasted blind, this would have been difficult to pinpoint as Chard. However, there's no doubt whatsoever when it comes to its origins, with those tropical tones. Still youthful and fresh, will survive further cellaring.
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10/18/2014 - Timbalimba wrote: 89 Points
Quite a lot of tropical fruits on the nose, malo cream, peach. Medium to full on the palate, toasted oak, malo flavours, peach and passion fruit. Good finish, balanced, decent length. Tasted blind, this would have been difficult to pinpoint as Chard. However, there's no doubt whatsoever when it comes to its origins, with those tropical tones. Still youthful and fresh, will survive further cellaring.
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10/12/2014 - Krassens Likes this wine: 90 Points
Very nice, white Burgundy style, good rounded age but not overly oaked. Smooth and long taste with some butter, vanilla, ripe melon.
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9/10/2013 - Brook23 wrote: 91 Points
Lovely balanced mature chardonnay. Burgundy in style citrus notes with creamy vanilla background restrained acidity.
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6/8/2013 - evanqian wrote: 90 Points
WSET Course with Jane Skilton MW; 6/8/2013-6/9/2013 (Mt Eden, Auckland): pale gold-yellow, strong, yeast, oak and smoky, cream texture, balanced, spicy finish hints a bit vanilla. text-book flavour, nothing wrong but no exciting. IWC regional trophy. Bob Campbell 94
colour: 4/5; aroma: 12/15; palate: 15/20; overall: 5+4/10
TOTAL: 90/100
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8/6/2009 - hadwin wrote: 85 Points
Fresh baked bread, yeasty nose. Good balance, some spice from the oak, well integrated, quite soft again.
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