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[SOLD-OUT] Moss Wood Chardonnay 2000

Jeremy Oliver Rating 91!
The 2000 Moss Wood Chardonnay is a fresh, lively wine. On the nose it shows primary fruit aromas of peach, melon, pineapple, passionfruit and grapefruit. It also displays the traditional complexity of chardonnay, although the fruit richness has tended to push this into the background slightly more than usual. However, there is integrated, smoky oak as well as doughy yeast autolysis characters and hints of caramel overtones from the malolactic fermentation. One observation of the Moss Wood team is that this is a wine which needs some breathing time. Soon after opening the nose can be dominated somewhat by the wild yeast fermentation characters, but these soften after about 15-30 minutes. These characters follow through on the palate. The fruit flavours give a sweet, mouth-filling texture, which is smooth, rich and long, all underpinned by crisp acidity and some oak and tannin notes on the finish. In terms of wine style and quality, we believe that 2000 is very similar to 1980. If pressed, under the threat of torture, to choose between them we would probably go for the former because it had less bird damage and the timing of the rain was also better. Apart from that, they are nearly twins with wines from both years showing lively and generous fruit characters with the sort of balance that makes them really very enjoyable - 'yummy' in fact!


Country:
Australia
Region:
WA- Margaret River
Variety:
Wine White - Chardonnay
Size:
750mL

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$42.00

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