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Picadilly Valley Chardonnay 2013

Tapanappa, South Australia, Australia

Tapanappa
South Australia Australia
  • 94
    Points
  • The 1 386 best
    of 3 290 954
    wines globally
  • 2 Pros of
    2 recommend
    this wine
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  • Country ranking ?

    174

  • Producer ranking ?

    5

  • Decanting time

    2h

  • When to drink

    2020-2035

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Sublime expression of Chardonnay from the Adelaide Hills. From a warmer year, but one largely free of heat spikes. 
Opens with a leesy, wheatgerm, cashew and oak introduction; it smells classy, expensive. Seeing no malo, the wine was fermented in barrel, 30% of it new Vosges oak barriques.

White peach, stonefruit expressions, generous and at turns subtle - beguiling. Textural, acidic freshness, touch of brine, citric hints.

It has much to say and there's much to like. Sublime. 94+

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  • 94p

While some of the 2013 Adelaide Hills whites look just a little forward and flat, this Chardonnay seriously shines.

Much of that comes down to site – the Croser family’s Tiers vineyard, planted to Chardonnay in 1979, has that resilience of old vineyards planted in the right place. Indeed I was there during the dry 2013 summerand the Tiers vines looked rudely healthy, even despite what was one of the warmest growing seasons on record (1317 degree days in 2013 vs the average of 1172).Couple that perfect site with clever winemaking (I’d expect no less from Brian Croser and team) and it’s of little wonder that this impresses.

The only sign of that growing season warmth I can see is a little heat on the back palate. Otherwise this is cast in a classic Tapa mode – fine grained vanilla bean oak, chewy acid and dry extract, the fruits largely in the white peach and white nectarine spectrum.

Super long for a $39 wine, the oak obvious but integrated with the whole package. A full tilt Chardonnay, no doubts about it, with everything as it should be.

Classy wine indeed.

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Piccadilly, South Australia
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