Jeremy Oliver Rating 96!
The 1999 Moss Wood Chardonnay is one of the most complex white wines made at Moss Wood. It has medium deep straw colour with some green tints; and ripe peach, melon and tropical fruit characters on the nose with some nutty, roast cashew overtones. We also see some green tinges, grapefruit and quince and some cinnamon and spicy vanillin aromas. It has initial fruit sweetness, great richness and concentration of flavour featuring a spicy, melony mid-palate, neat integration of fruit and oak and great length. This is a full-bodied white that is intense, powerful and complex and yet shows underlying finesse.
A top effort from Moss Wood, this generous and sumptuously textured and brightly flavoured wine finishes minerally and clean, with lively citrus acids. Complex nuances of fresh grapefruit, butterscotch, wet river stones and matchstick oak present in perfect balance, finishing nutty and savoury and tremendously long.
Jeremy Oliver
Country:
Australia
Region:
WA- Margaret River
Variety:
Wine White - Chardonnay
Size:
750mL
