2007 Vintage Tasting (Bronte, Sydney): deep gold colour. honey and herbs, fragrant, aged but not overly developed notes. Delicate body, nicely balanced, fruit has softened but in a nice way, good acidity and long clean finish. has aged well, lost some intensity.
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This Giaconda has evolved to be something completely different than what it would normally be about - Much more tertiary at this stage but still so very good!
Dried apricots, warm baking spice, champignons, quartz minerality, some desicated coconut, caramel, honey, dried mint and quite creamy on the palate. Unctous, almost viscous and very rich. Fantastic and so very pleasurable just by itself.
After about an hour when the fruit faded it became a luscious liquid creme brûlée!
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Burgundy conversion for Sean (Incontro): White button mushrooms with almonds , lots of mineral stones n quartz. Some white gunsmoke and wet mushy moist moss. Sparkling mouthfeel. Really steely. Some biscuits. Great length n cleanliness. Lemony dryness.
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Deeply flavoured with peaches, honey and stone fruit zest. Well integrated oak spice, roasted nuts. No hint of oxidation. Nicely softened with age but still crisp and finishing with youthful fruity zest. Creamy texture.
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Not a bad wine, great example of a real Australian Chardonnay. I would not buy another bottle of this as I still think the Art series Chardonnay is better value for money. The wine had a nice long creamy finish that lasted what seemed forever. Nice and fresh in the mouth, with loverly butterscotch characters. Look at auction sites for this if youreally want to try it.
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Giaconda Vertical (Sydney, Australia): A rich nose, with complexity that draws you into the wine - intense aromas of honey, slightly floral honeysuckle, roasted nuts, lanolin and mellow butterscotch in the background. A luscious, delicious palate that has good texture and very good length, as well as a vein of acid bringing the richness into balance. Drinking brilliantly and at its peak. My favourite wine of this flight.
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9/8/2017 - Vini Ciclismo Likes this wine: 90 Points
2007 Vintage Tasting (Bronte, Sydney): deep gold colour.
honey and herbs, fragrant, aged but not overly developed notes.
Delicate body, nicely balanced, fruit has softened but in a nice way, good acidity and long clean finish. has aged well, lost some intensity.
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5/5/2017 - Sip&Swish Likes this wine: 92 Points
This Giaconda has evolved to be something completely different than what it would normally be about - Much more tertiary at this stage but still so very good!
Dried apricots, warm baking spice, champignons, quartz minerality, some desicated coconut, caramel, honey, dried mint and quite creamy on the palate. Unctous, almost viscous and very rich. Fantastic and so very pleasurable just by itself.
After about an hour when the fruit faded it became a luscious liquid creme brûlée!
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9/23/2010 - Alex H wrote: 87 Points
Burgundy conversion for Sean (Incontro): White button mushrooms with almonds , lots of mineral stones n quartz. Some white gunsmoke and wet mushy moist moss. Sparkling mouthfeel. Really steely. Some biscuits. Great length n cleanliness. Lemony dryness.
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1/23/2010 - Vini Ciclismo wrote: 92 Points
Deeply flavoured with peaches, honey and stone fruit zest. Well integrated oak spice, roasted nuts. No hint of oxidation. Nicely softened with age but still crisp and finishing with youthful fruity zest. Creamy texture.
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12/18/2009 - Vini Ciclismo wrote: flawed
oxidised
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12/9/2006 - djevans70@bigpond.com wrote: 94 Points
Not a bad wine, great example of a real Australian Chardonnay. I would not buy another bottle of this as I still think the Art series Chardonnay is better value for money. The wine had a nice long creamy finish that lasted what seemed forever. Nice and fresh in the mouth, with loverly butterscotch characters. Look at auction sites for this if youreally want to try it.
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11/3/2006 - CamWheeler wrote: 94 Points
Giaconda Vertical (Sydney, Australia): A rich nose, with complexity that draws you into the wine - intense aromas of honey, slightly floral honeysuckle, roasted nuts, lanolin and mellow butterscotch in the background. A luscious, delicious palate that has good texture and very good length, as well as a vein of acid bringing the richness into balance. Drinking brilliantly and at its peak. My favourite wine of this flight.
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