Wine Front 94 points!
Wine Front 94 points!"Sadly, no handwritten note pinned to this bottle, but it did come as a hand selection from Bannockburn's distributor Bibendum, urging me to have a look at this latest offering from Michael Glover. As chardonnay in Australia continues its weight loss program, and edifice of winemaking becomes increasingly transparent, it's great to see a wine that finds marriage between the two with judicious 'work' still there for the enthusiasts of 'styling'. Still, not much between vineyard and bottle, with whole bunch pressed juice going straight to barrique, puncheon and steel without settling or additions. Then two years on lees. Onya. Day two the wine looked even better.
Oak! Yes, but in measure " sandalwood sweetness, crystallised ginger, sawn cedar, sweet spice. Lees too " oatmeal and brown-sugar-on-porridge. Fruit " white orchard fruits, faintly briny. A delicious bouquet segues to a buffed and lathed palate that finishes with a lick of residual fruit and a shows a cool, composed feel. Has power of stone fruits and stricture of oak, but finds a seamless integration of component parts; big yet elegant, like a bodybuilder wearing a Hugo Boss suit. Definitively complex, great flavours and evolves in glass. Super. Drink : 2012 - 2022."
Wine Front, February 2012
Country:
Australia
Region:
VIC- Geelong
Variety:
Wine White - Chardonnay
Size:
750mL
