2014 Penfolds, Reserve Bin A Chardonnay, Adelaide Hills, Australia

2014 Penfolds, Reserve Bin A Chardonnay, Adelaide Hills, Australia

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2014 Penfolds, Reserve Bin A Chardonnay, Adelaide Hills, Australia

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Description

Brighter, fresher and more restrained than I remember previous releases: this has real freshness on the nose with bright citrus fruit and subtle complexity, with hints of freshly crushed almond. Cool, glossy and textured on the palate, underpinned by tangy citrus acidity; this is balanced, racy and fresh, closer to the style of Yattarna in previous releases, but with a softer, more generous mouth-feel. The wine is fermented in 80 percent new French oak, but this is so well-integrated you wouldn’t know. It would be fun to taste blind.
Adrian Brice, Fine Wine Buyer

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Wine Advocate92+/100
Having spent nine months in French oak barriques (82% new), the naturally fermented 2014 Reserve Bin 14A Adelaide Hills Chardonnay opens with a pronounced tropical fruit and apricot-laced nose with plenty of meal and cashew hints plus pleasant whiffs of struck match and cedar. The palate reveals wonderful intensity and a satiny texture packed into an elegant light body with layered stone fruit and nut characters and a good long finish.
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About this WINE

Penfolds

Penfolds

Penfolds enjoys an iconic status that few New World producers have achieved. Established in 1844 at the Magill Estate near Adelaide, it laid the foundation for fine wine production in Australia.

The winemaking team is led by the masterful Peter Gago; it has the herculean task of blending the best wines from a multitude of different plots, vineyards and regions to create a consistent and outstanding range of wines. Its flagship wine, Grange, is firmly established as one of the finest red wines in the world.

Under Gago’s stewardship, the Penfolds range has evolved over time. Winemaking has moved away from New World heat and the sort of larger-than-life style that can mask individuality; the contemporary wines instead favour fine balance and typicity for the region or grape.

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Best of BBX: Australia

Best of BBX: Australia

Australia is a large country, three quarters the size of Europe. The various micro-climates and innovative winemaking enable a diverse range of wines to be produced. Here is a selection of some of the best wines that Australia has to offer on BBX.

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Chardonnay

Chardonnay

Chardonnay is often seen as the king of white wine grapes and one of the most widely planted in the world It is suited to a wide variety of soils, though it excels in soils with a high limestone content as found in Champagne, Chablis, and the Côte D`Or.

Burgundy is Chardonnay's spiritual home and the best White Burgundies are dry, rich, honeyed wines with marvellous poise, elegance and balance. They are unquestionably the finest dry white wines in the world. Chardonnay plays a crucial role in the Champagne blend, providing structure and finesse, and is the sole grape in Blanc de Blancs.

It is quantitatively important in California and Australia, is widely planted in Chile and South Africa, and is the second most widely planted grape in New Zealand. In warm climates Chardonnay has a tendency to develop very high sugar levels during the final stages of ripening and this can occur at the expense of acidity. Late picking is a common problem and can result in blowsy and flabby wines that lack structure and definition.

Recently in the New World, we have seen a move towards more elegant, better- balanced and less oak-driven Chardonnays, and this is to be welcomed.

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