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97
/ 100
James Halliday's Wine Companion -
96
/ 100
Tyson Stelzer -
98
/ 100
Ken Gargett – Winepilot.com -
96
/ 100
Campbell Mattinson
White
Classification
Chardonnay
Variety
2022
Vintage
750ml (Bottle)
Bottle Size
Australia
Country
Australia Multi Regional,
Region
14.5%
Alcohol %
15 Plus Years
Cellaring
Scores
97 / 100"The 2021 was an absolute beauty and Penfolds white winemaker Kym Schroeter has managed to craft an equally impressive multi-regional chardonnay from 2022 as a follow-up. It's all filagreed nuance and tension with pure citrus and fleshy stone fruits, cut with hints of soft spice, créme frâiche, oatmeal, grilled nuts, lemon curd, marzipan, lemongrass, oyster shell and river stone. It shows a pitch perfect textural sway, with a touch of pith, a fine, filagreed acid profile and a long finish with tones of softly spoken oak spice, almond meal, citrus and grilled nuts. A wonderful release."
- James Halliday's Wine Companion
96 / 100
"61% Tumbarumba, 26% Tasmania, 13% Adelaide Hills; matured 8 months in 44% new French oak barriques."
- Tyson Stelzer
98 / 100
"This latest release is one of the finest Yattarna’s I have seen. A world class, stunning Chardonnay, which hails from a range of regions – Tumbarumba, Tasmania and the Adelaide Hills. The wine sees eight months maturation in French oak barriques, 44% new. A lemon straw colour here, there is exemplary balance, with impeccable refinement. The nose gives us touches of cinnamon and nutmeg – the merest whiff, as the oak integration is so superb – with florals, citrus, spices, ginger, lemon butter and glacéd limes. There is a fine line of bracing acidity, but it is elegance personified. The structure is textbook and the wine finishes with notes of honeycomb and almonds. We have power, intensity and a wonderfully persistent finish. There is surely twelve to twenty years in front of this cracking wine."
- Ken Gargett – Winepilot.com
96 / 100
"Grown in Tumbarumba, Tasmania and the Adelaide Hills. Matured for eight months in oak, 44% new. This is a wine of seamless power. There’s nougat here but it doesn’t poke; there are floral notes but it doesn’t tip into honeysuckle; there’s ample fruit but it itself is in touch with its savoury side. I like the grip of this wine; I like the subtlety of this grip. I like too that its fruit, clad only in almond-like robes, stares down the road of the finish, lead by its own power rather than by winemaking. Yes, this is a white wine. It’s an example of flare at its most controlled."
- Campbell Mattinson
Tasting Notes
Yattarna is the result of one of the most comprehensive, focused and highly publicised wine development projects ever conducted in Australia. The aspiration and independence of mind across generations of Penfolds winemakers inspired the ambition to create a white wine that would set a standard for ultra-fine Australian chardonnay.
Selectively sourcing only the very best chardonnay fruit from cool climate regions, coupled with sensitive winemaking, the style continues to evolve.
Tasting Profile
- Light
- Full
- Low Tannin
- Tannic
- Sweet
- Dry
- Low Acidity
- High Acidity