2014 Tiers Vineyard Chardonnay

Complex cashew, vanilla, malt and gently dairy-like aromas; the palate soft and seamless, refined and long with savouriness, length and finesse. It’s young and will build even greater character with a little more time.

Lovely finesse as well as concentration and length of palate. Quite oaky on the bouquet at this tender age. A wine of great potential.

96 points.

Wonderfully pure and impeccably balanced. Effortlessly contrasts the richness of fig and white peach fruit, underscored by classy cashew nut French oak, and ties it all off seamlessly with lemon and lime zest and the crunchy malic acidity of this

Leesy, introvert nose, and pretty austere palate. Good concentration of fruit buried in here but it’s certainly not coming out to play yet. Quite chewy on the end still, and bone dry. It’s almost like the contrapuntal riposte to the

Brian Croser certainly doesn’t need any introduction to those who worship Bacchus, as his name is synonymous with Australian fine wine. Tapanappa began its life in 2002 with a partnership between Brian and Ann Croser and Bollinger of Champagne and

The good news is that this is a top-quality chardonnay; the bad news is that only a small batch was produced. My advice is to get online and grab a bottle or two of these today.

96/100