2022 Tiers Vineyard
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The Tapanappa 2022 Chardonnay Tiers Vineyard is one of Australia's great Chardonnays, and that has never been more apparent than in this 2022 vintage. A superstar wine of grand proportions, the fruit has startling intensity in the mouth. The juicy acidity that weaves all elements of the wine together shows the pedigree of the site up in Piccadilly Valley (planted 1979). The phenolics are finely milled, lithe and ductile. What a wine. It's streamlined, seamless, toasty, so persistent and long, sapid and just so classy. With raw power and open-weave at the back of the palate, drink it now (so many will, and so many will love it). But equally, time will allow this wine to grow and open, and I believe it will be better, even in just a few years. 13.8% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.
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Erin Larkin, Wine Advocate
James Suckling
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While the 1.5m Chardonnay sibling is arguably more impressive on release, this is resinous and latent with multitudinous layers of flavor compressed by classy oak and juicy acidity. I like the way the fruit is subdued in a quasi-Burgundian fashion, with power packed behind. It does, however, open up with aeration in the glass. Raw almond, hazelnut, quinine and Japanese radish. The barest hint of stone fruit. A long, saline finish. Give this time, for it is among the country\'s greats. Drink or hold. Screw cap.