2018 Seven Flags Chardonnay
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Tasting Notes
Paul Cluver’s Seven Flags Chardonnay is a selection of fruit from the estate’s oldest vines – and the 2018 is stunning. Instantly alluring, intense aromas of toast, spice, vanilla, juicy peach, cantaloupe melon and citrus pith leap from the glass. Despite the almost exotic nose, the palate is amazingly poised. It’s ripe and lush, with remarkable intensity. The 30% new oak and bâtonnage give it a silken, voluptuous texture – but that generosity is kept in check by a line of pithy acidity that holds everything in place. Waves of perfectly ripe stone fruit, toast and citrus build to a moreish, saline finish that leaves you reaching for another glass.
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Tim Atkin MW
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The latest in an impressive run of outstanding Chardonnays from this top Elgin estate – no mean feat in a vintage where some producers struggled with fructose levels - this is bigger and bolder than the 2017 release. More Meursault than Puligny-Montrachet perhaps, with some cream and cashew notes on the palate underpinned by racy acidity.
Intensely aromatic with ripe yellow peach, nectarine and apricot back by toast and vanilla notes. Super concentration and intensity with overt oak and a touch of zingy acidity. Long, dry and classy on the finish.
