Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
86
A nose of peach and nougat with a background influence of citrus. There is a worked mealyness to the palate with subtle stone fruits, but the wine lacks concentration and...
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
90
Some reductive notes on the nose with just ripe stone fruits and tart fig. The palate is sitting more on the austere side at this point of its development and...
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
90
The grapes were sourced from the Wilyabrup region in Margaret River, with the wine aged in 25% new French oak and bottled after 11 months. A striking nose that shows...
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
91
A nose of white peach and nectarine that is lifted by understated fig; the palate shows a well composed wine that is framed by concentrated stone fruits that are contrasted...
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
94
A classical Chardonnay nose with white peach having a flint and vanillin lift that comes from time on lees and quality oak. The palate focuses on expressive stone fruits that...
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
89
Honeyed stone fruits with the unmistakable impact of quality French oak that gives a vanillin and spiced lift on the nose. Summer stone fruits are layered across the palate and...
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
96
The first sparkling produced by Etienne Manger which is a blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir that was aged on lees for 7 years prior to release. ...
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
94
The wine has spent 54 months on lees prior to disgorgement, and is a testament to Owen Inglis's intent to create a world class sparkling wine. ...
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
93
Henty is a region that doesn't get the focus of some of the other cool climate sites in Victoria, but consistently produces some of the most elegant and ageworthy Chardonnay,...
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
94
2019 has provided some very good releases from a couple of Australia's best young winemakers. The grapes were sourced from the D'Aloisio vineyard in upper Yarra and speaks of the...