Huon Hooke 96 Points!
Gary Walsh 94 Points!
Gary Walsh 94 Points!"Lavish spicy oak over nectarine, grapefruit and with savoury yeasty overtones. In the mouth it fairly bursts open with powerful fruit flavour and nutty mealy characters that are brightly lit with clean penetrating acidity. Impressive length with a spicy savoury aftertaste. Almost too intense for its own good at present. It's highly worked but undeniably high quality."
Gary Walsh, The Wine Front, Nov 2008
"Made by a great chardonnay winemaker, Rick Kinzbrunner from Giaconda, from estate fruit in Dixon's Creek and other premium Yarra Valley fruit that's fermented and aged in oak for18 months, Toolangi Reserve ('06, $75) is almost as good as it gets. Expensive? Yes. Value? Absolutely.
It has the colour of straw with just a hint of green. The nose is white nectarine with a touch of granny smith tartness, the palate mouth-filling with creamy stonefruit, hazelnut, citrus and minerality.
The texture is subtle but complex, the structure sublime. The acidity is balanced by the strength of the fruit, and it finishes soft."
Jeff Gordon, MELBOURNE WEEKLY MAGAZINE 9-15 December 2009
"A smoky, bacony bouquet of lime, grapefruit and grilled hazelnuts reveals undertones of toasty, creamy, buttery and leesy complexity. Rich, round and creamy, imbued with a handsome level of winemaking artefact, its palate is rather crowded with nuances of burned butterscotch, nougat, vanilla and mineral, although there is a pleasingly sweet undercurrent of citrus and peachy fruit. It could have more freshness and focus, to let the fruit shine through a little more clearly."
Jeremy Oliver, Wine Annual 2009
Huon Hooke 96 Points!"Forward mid-yellow and smelling of butter, toasted nuts and stone fruits, this is a big, generous chardonnay loaded with character. Ample and rounded, it's unapologetically full-bodied and magnificently massive - but also beautifully poised."
Huon Hooke, GOURMET TRAVELLER WINE, 100 Top New Releases, Jun/Jul 2009
Country:
Australia
Region:
VIC- Yarra Valley
Variety:
Wine White - Chardonnay
Size:
750mL
