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96
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James Halliday
White
Classification
Chardonnay
Variety
2013
Vintage
750ml (Bottle)
Bottle Size
Australia
Country
South Australia, Adelaide Hills
Region
13.0%
Alcohol %
10-15 Years
Cellaring
Scores
96 / 100"Bunches were chilled to 5 deg before being whole bunch-pressed to French barriques (50%new, 50% second use) for wild yeast fermentation, partial mlf, 12 months maturation. This, as they might say is the cat’s pyjamas, with its pyrotechnic display of grapefruit-driven fruit flavours, bright acidity and long finish. It is ambling surely along its development path. Screw cap 13% alc To 2023."
- James Halliday
Tasting Notes
A fine wine of excellent depth of flavour. Although lovely in its youth it needs time to show its best attributes. Stelvin will ensure the wine remains fresh and lively for many years.
Fresh, fine, complex and understated with subtle cream, nuts and peach overtones. Light straw with green notes.
The pallet crisp and tight with a supple mid-palate with drying savoury faint textural grip at the finish. Fresh and delicate with a generous mid-palate. Positive texture adds to the savoury edge.
Oak maturation: 12 months in French oak barriques. All from forests in the centre of France and Vosges. Half new oak and half second use