[SOLD-OUT] Bannockburn Chardonnay '3-Yrs On Lees' 2008

Campbell Mattinson 95 points!
"The "standard" Bannockburn chardonnay from 2008 spent two years on lees " it's reviewed here " but a third of the production was put aside to spend a third year on lees. So it's the exact same wine, with an extra year resting on its dead yeast cells. Production of this special release was 250 dozen and if this outcome is anything to go by, I'd expect a whole lot more of this action occurring at Bannockburn. This is a sensational wine and the asking price is not in any way inappropriate. Descriptors aside, at the end of the day it simply tastes great. You just want to drink it and drink it and drink it. It smells/tastes of sea shells, white peach, dry pears and preserved lemons. It has a gorgeous fluidity to it. It's soft, sensuous, luxurious even " and yet light. Beautiful. Really. Beautiful."
Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front July 2012

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Country:

Australia

Region:

VIC- Geelong

Variety:

Wine White - Chardonnay

Size:

750mL