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2010 Toolangi Reserve Chardonnay

Yarra Valley, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
$69. 99
Bottle
$839.88 Dozen
Cellar: 4 - 5 Years (2019-2020)
ABV: 14%
Closure: Stelvin

Made by Rick Kinzbrunner at Giaconda this Meursault like Chardonnay is rich, long and focused. Fermented and aged in French oak barriques for 18 months.

Brilliant pale straw colour with a distinctive greenish tinge around the outskirts and a very pale straw hue. Aromas of fresh white peach are delicately intertwined with dried honey, cashew and toast notes followed by some biscuit and spice end notes. Medium to full bodied with terrific richness and a fresh lively finish the palate features mouthfilling flavours of ripe peaches, honeycomb, a touch of butterscotch, cashew, biscuit and spice wrapped up in a creamy texture. Long aftertaste of honeycomb, ripe white peaches, subtle butterscotch and spicy cashew.
Cellar 4-5 years.
Alc. 14%

Other Reviews….
This wine was made by Rick Kinzbrunner of Giaconda fame, who is able to craft chardonnay with exceptional texture and flavour complexity. He is happy to walk a later-picking highwire, bringing together grapefruit zest and juice, white peach and cashew bound together by strong minerally acidity. It shares the length with other Yarra Valley chardonnays, but was far less easy to recognise.
Drink by 2020.
97 points
James Halliday – Australian Wine Companion