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Community Tasting Notes 4
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bp888 Likes this wine: 93 points
January 26, 2020 - Slightly oxidised notes of burnt honey and almond, lovely weight and length. Probably won't improve any further.
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Vini Ciclismo Likes this wine: 94 points
April 21, 2019 - Golden lustre.
Gentle ripe peaches, hint of tropical, honey and hazelnut.
Delicious ripe rich stone fruits, a honey edge but not in a heavy way. Subtle very well integrated oak spice. Lightly creamy texture, good weight, finishes with reasonable not strong acidity.
Really a quite delicious drink, could only be aged not young, personality and pleasure. -
Vini Ciclismo Likes this wine: 95 points
January 26, 2015 - Rich lemon yellow.
Honeycomb, peach, citrus zest, refined well-integrated oak. Fragrant and alluring.
Powerful, long and balanced. Plenty of secondary spice but fruit intensity maintains control. Finishes crisp and with clean long fruit, honeycomb and a refined resonating spice of minerals and oak combined. A complex, rich wine that delivers on every front. Clearly a good bottle, perfect cork and level. Intensity is impressive for such an old Chardonnay, could be ten years younger but for the complexity. Superb. -
pekingunther Likes this wine: 93 points
January 13, 2014 - Beautiful wine. Initial taste had a strong tannic backbone but this integrated into the wine within about 15-20 minutes of opening. Rich but not heavy succulent but not OTT. Great balance and truly great wine. If you want a tight stringent wine - think Peter Micheal Chard (US) or a cooler vintage sancerre or puligny montrachet, this wine is not for you. Mouth filling (not coating) flavour... it leaves absolutely nothing on the dancefloor. Some apple tart in there as well as butterscotch and burnt orange. It has some more "sour" citrus tones, but they are not seperate, they keep the rest of the flavours in balance.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1998
- Type White
- Producer Giaconda
- Varietal Chardonnay
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard Estate Vineyard
- Country Australia
- Region Victoria
- SubRegion North East
- Appellation Beechworth
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 19 (59%)
- Consumed 13 (41%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
100% Like It 3 votes
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- FamilyGiaconda Chardonnay Estate Vineyard
- ProducerGiaconda
- VarietyChardonnay
- VineyardEstate Vineyard
- CountryAustralia
- RegionVictoria
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- ProducerGiaconda
- VarietalChardonnay
- VineyardEstate Vineyard
- CountryAustralia
- RegionVictoria
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