Cloudwine. Port Phillip Estate Chardonnay 2009

Port Phillip Estate Chardonnay 2009

Ralph Kyte-Powell: "An elaborately made, pale Mornington Peninsula chardonnay with plenty of personality"

“Prince Phillip is your companion for distinguished dining. A chardonnay of intellect, restraint and texture, with a lees- and solids-derived complexity to its finely poised grapefruit. Subtle vanilla and almond notes thanks to seamlessly integrated French oak. Drinking: 2015-2025 Rating: 94” Tyson Stelzer

"96 Points. Bright, colour; a savoury and complex wine showing characuterie, lemon blossom, grilled cashew and fennel; the palate is tightly wound, fresh, vibrant, long and complete, offering texture, crunchy acidity and a linear conclusion. Screwcap, 13.5% alc. To 2018. $30" James Halliday Australian Wine Companion 2012 Edition.

"This 2009 release Chardonnay is impressive for its restraint; but in that it wont be for everybody. I like these finer, dare I say Chablis-like styles from Sandro. Here, acidity and taut fruit characters are the lead actors on the stage. Nougat and blanched almond oak does surface in the bouquet, but I see the default aromatics as white peach, green apple and nashi pear. The palate is rigid; its an easily enjoyable, energetic blast of finely wrought granny smith apple, lemongrass and grapefruit. Very coiled and very tight, it’s a style that revokes the ABC mantra of old. I like it…its limitations are its assets and restraint is attractive. Crispness is the triumph at hand and the wine should cellar well, albeit medium term, for an interesting evolution. As is, a bristling, refreshing drink with some finesse on hand. Rated : 92 Points" Mike Bennie, The Wine Front.

"5 Stars. An elaborately made, pale Mornington Peninsula chardonnay with plenty of personality. The nose is a complex, seamless melange of poached nectarine, grapefruit, spicy oak, burnt match and chalky aromas. In the mouth it has an attractively creamy, pleasantly layered feel with excellent balance and persistence." Ralph Kyte-Powell, The Age, Epicure, Tuesday 19th May, 2011

“An left-field style of fruit-driven chardonnay, with chalky mineral high-notes overlying honeysuckle and herbal aromas. It’s lively and intense in the mouth, crisply bone- dry and the acidity is mouthwatering. Oak is barely there. 92 points”. Huon Hooke

KEY POINTS

96 Points. James Halliday
94 Points. Tyson Stelzer
92 Points. Mike Bennie
92 Points. Huon Hooke
5 Stars. Ralph Kyte-Powell

$28.00 incl tax

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