White Wine
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
92
Tasted from magnum, this wine is a glowing example of aged Tasmanian Chardonnay, it's developed, yet maintains acidity and mouthfeel even as it nears it's 20th birthday. ...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
91
A light yellow, with some slightly golden tinges in the glass. The nose is youthful with citrus peel and and sour edged nectarine. The palate is lean...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
94
A mature golden yellow in colour, a nose of marzipan, butterscotch and honeyed lime and nectarine. Texturally this wine is flawless, the line of crystalline acidity...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
93
A golden yellow in colour, a mature nose with plenty of life left in it, biscuity with butterscotch and a broad brush of stone fruits. The palate...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
95
The name behind this Chardonnay doesn't come from a block, a strain of yeast or batch number, it's a biblical reference, Genesis 1-10: “And God called the dry land Earth;...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
95
An excellent example of the fume style with hand picked fruit, a natural ferment and nine months in french oak providing a wine with layers of textural complexity. ...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
90
A blend of Semillon and Viognier the wine is a light straw yellow in the glass, the nose gives a suggestion of apricot and pear. The wine...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
89
This wine is an absolute steal at $13. A light yellow in colour, the nose has a flinty and mealy character to go with evident but restrained stone fruits. The...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
93
A light yellow with a green fleck in the glass, a floral, citrus blossom inspired nose with wet slate in the background. The palate has mandarine and lemon rind, expressive...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
37
Tasmanian produces some exceptional Chardonnay. The 2013 Derwent Estate is certainly in the top echelon, the wine will be years from it's peak, however shows structure and refinement that is...