White Wine
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
95
The 2011 vintage has for many wineries resulted in lower alcohol wines, with the 2011 Tarrawarra Reserve Chardonnay coming in at 12.2%, with a trend of lower alcohol specifically in...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
89
The wine has a flinty, slightly sulphurous nose that adds interest to the mealy stone fruit and citrus characters. On the palate there is good complexity of lees and oak...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
96
The 2008 Reserve Chardonnay from Tarrawarra is a superb example of Yarra Valley Chardonnay that has developed effortlessly over the last 5 years. I was previously impressed by the 2006...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
89
The wine is sourced from Bass Phillip's Leongatha vineyard, with moderate to low yields for the vintage of 1.3 tonnes per acre and the wine seeing 20 % new oak...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
89
A fully golden yellow in colour , the nose is a honeyed expression of lanolin, lime and wet slate in a classical aged Riesling style. The wine...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
91
The 2011 Squitchy Lane Chardonnay is true to form of most good Yarra Valley Chardonnays from the vintage, with the wine structural, elegant and capable of further development given time....
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
94
The 2010 Chardonnay comes from a stellar Squitchy Lane vintage and shows a light yellow colour in the glass. The nose gives varietal nectarine and peach that...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
92
The nose provides a full expression of stone fruits and sweet oak derived characters, with the palate being more restrained and giving a delicate expression of nectarine against a backdrop...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
93
The Muse label represents the pinnacle of winemaking at Moorilla Estate and gives a consistency of quality across the range, the 2011 Chardonnay balances varietal characters and wine maker derived...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
92
Gryhonwood is a producer that i havetn't tried, so when i came across this wine at a tasting i was pleasantly surprised, it is a wine with real character and...