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TarraWarra Reserve Chardonnay 2012
DOZEN: $702.00 or $58.50 each
Plenty of cedar and custard oak, spice, nectarine and citrus - high on Chardonnay, low on trickery. Medium weight with a good level of intensity and a burst of ripe fruit - grapefruit and lime with some stone fruits - and a firm oak backing of spice and vanilla. Flinty bits are here along with bright clean acidity. It has energy and length. Oak needs to settle, but very good it is. GARY WALSH
From the '83 plantings. A very pure, highly focused, minerally style with grapefruit in the lead, white peach close behind; while 100% barrel-fermented and matured in high quality French oak, that influence is subtle. JAMES HALLIDAY
Peaches and cream, fresh toast, lemon oil, blood orange, custard apple. The palate has lovely volume and richness with a lick of crunchy acidity to keep it upright and lively. Right in the sweet spot. This is why you cellar Chardonnay. Plenty more detail and interest as it eases in to itself with some time in the glass. It's confident and sure of itself.
I was trying to think of the right analogy here, I settled on a luxury vehicle, not a sports car, like a high end Toorak tractor, sitting on the highway, cruise control set, Paul Kelly on the radio, everything just humming along nicely. In the zone.
You'll love this, whoever you are, you can't help but enjoy a Chardonnay of this quality in its prime drinking window. ROSCOE