年月がキャラクターを創る
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品種
Chardonnay
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Chardonnay |
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ヴィンテージ
2015
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2015 |
ボリューム
750 mL
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750 mL |
エンクロージャ
Screw Cap
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Screw Cap |
ピーク飲酒
Now - 2023
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Now - 2023 |
Template honoured. No passport. The chardonnay barriques emptied have to be our best; the assembled blend has to be our best."
–Peter Gago, Penfolds Chief Winemaker
97 points - James Halliday |
96 points - Huon Hooke |
96 points - Campbell Mattinson |
Silver - 2017 International Wine and Spirit Competition |
Bronze - 2017 Decanter World Wine Awards |
"From Tasmania and the Adelaide Hills, matured for 8 months in French barriques (65% new). A perfect example of the original aim of finding a white wine partner to Grange. Power and stealth are an unlikely combination, but endeavouring to unpick the multitude of flavours isn't useful. The heart of this great chardonnay is its balance, and the extreme length built on its bracing acidity."
"Light to medium yellow colour, with a superbly intense, fruit-driven aroma; lots of toasted nut flavours, oak derived, and very complex. A hint of pineapple. It needs time as the oak is quite apparent on the day. Richness with finesse, and generosity with restraint. Long, long carry. A very good Yattarna. (8 months in 65% new barriques; full malolactic fermentation)"
"Eight months in French oak, 65% new. Vineyard sources in Tasmania and the Adelaide Hills. Voluminous chardonnay. Strikingly rich, sweet of fruit, powerful to start and powerful to close. You see figs and honeysuckle, stonefruits and juicy pears. There’s a suggestion of creaminess, of white chocolate, but it never quite lands, it’s just there, a voice on your shoulder. It’s a masterful wine; it eschews fashion; it just is. From the first sip it sweeps you along. So beautifully groomed."
Pale straw.
Nashi pear and white peach fruits prevail, with stylish yet omnipresent French oak (pencil shavings/oak filings) playing a significant (supporting) role. Nothing too showy, nothing singular. Complete.
Many fruits, yet the most apparent (pear, red Gala apple and white fig), sitting atop a foundation of supportive oak; ever so sensitive, deferential.
Toasted oats and brandy snap complexities conveyed via a fine, linear and long acid backbone.
A mouth-coating film of fruit and racy acidity unfolds across palate, affording great length, contributing lingering tactile impressions.
Autumn and winter rainfall were above the longterm averages in the Adelaide Hills. Rain stopped abruptly in early August with nothing more than light and infrequent showers observed throughout spring. In Tasmania, moderate spring rainfall and settled conditions led to good average yields across the region, with only isolated incidences of frost. A significant rainfall event in the Adelaide Hills in early January revitalised vineyards and gave vines a much needed boost throughout veraison. Mild days coupled with cool nights in Tasmania and the Adelaide Hills provided consistent conditions, resulting in high acid retention with even and steady sugar accumulation over the ripening phase. Harvest across most vineyards in the Adelaide Hills was compressed with the majority of the vineyards picked by the end of March.
wine analysis
Alc/Vol: 13%
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Alc/Vol: 13% |
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The release of Yattarna Chardonnay, after 144 winemaking trials, marked a new chapter in the Penfolds story. The inaugural 1995 vintage was arguably the most talked about and early anticipated white wine in Australian history - dubbed by the media as “White Grange”, it reached the front pages of Australia’s national newspapers. The elegant style epitomises the finesse, restraint and character of modern Australian chardonnay. It is best enjoyed within a three- to 12-year time frame – the wines benefit from some bottle age.
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