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“Powerful, intense and has an immediate punch of flavour” – Wine Worth Writing About – Tapanappa Tiers 1.5M Vineyard Chardonnay 2024

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Source: Wine Worth Writing About
Date: Feb 2025

Focused, powerful and lifted aromas of citrus blossoms, jasmine tea, pome fruits, lime, grapefruit, nectarine, cashew, hazelnut, toasted oats, nougat, white pepper, ginger, sweet dusty spices and a touch of brine.
In the mouth it’s powerful, intense and has an immediate punch of flavour, acidity and tannin. Concentrated pome, apple warheads, peppery citrus, slightly bitter stonefruit,

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“Wonderful waltz between standoff-ish intensity, and endearing elegance” – Wine Worth Writing About – Tapanappa Tiers Vineyard Chardonnay 2024

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Source: Wine Worth Writing About
Date: Feb 2025

A pretty, perfumed and finely detailed nose of sweet citrus and apple blossoms, apple gums, donut peach, honeydew, honeyed cashew, white pepper, dried galangal and gently woven spice.

In the mouth it’s tightly coiled, tense and shaped like a Barracuda; streamlined, slender, precisely proportioned and powerfully poised. A concentrated drive of pure fruit and subtle spice flavours echo the nose,

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“Juicy and flavoursome” 95 points – Gary Walsh | Wine Front – Tapanappa Tiers 1.5M Vineyard Chardonnay 2024

Author: Gary Walsh
Source: Wine Front
Date: Feb 2025

From a close planted block established in 2003. Bernard clones 76 and 95. It’s distinctly different to the Tiers old vine Chardonnay as a result, and I tend to think it’s the clonal selection that’s the biggest point of difference. Anyway, look at how well this wine has done at TWF over the years – 

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“Clearly ‘fine wine’”94 points – Gary Walsh | Wine Front – Tapanappa Tiers Vineyard Chardonnay 2024

Author: Gary Walsh
Source: Wine Front
Date: Feb 2025

The vines used for Tiers were planted in 1981, which is pioneering territory for Adelaide Hills. The clone is unknown, though they think it’s related to the cuttings brought in by James Busby in 1832.

There’s a bit of ooomph and weight to this wine, though it’s still clearly ‘fine wine’. Pear, banana,

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“Rank up there with the best of the Tiers Vineyard chardies yet released”- 97 points | Ray Jordan | Wine Pilot – Tapanappa Tiers Vineyard Chardonnay 2024

Author: Ray Jordan
Source: Wine Pilot
Date: Feb 2025

This has to rank up there with the best of the Tiers Vineyard chardies yet released. It was an ever so slightly warmer vintage than the previous and this is reflected in the depth and fruit concentration expressed with relative opulence. Lots of nectarine, and cashew with a spicy pear edge to it. The fine chalky acid really holds the tension ensuring a defined and exceptionally long finish.

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“Supremely balanced”- 96 points | Ray Jordan | Wine Pilot – Tapanappa Tiers 1.5M Vineyard Chardonnay 2024

Author: Ray Jordan
Source: Wine Pilot
Date: Feb 2025

The close spaces planting of this part of the Tiers vineyard imparts a slightly different flavour and textural feel to the chardonnays from the old Tiers plantings. Intense aromas of tropical fruits, brioche and spices. The palate is ripe and textured although the chalky acid and light citrus edge hold the definition and line through to the long finish.

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“Long and sustained”- 94 points | Ray Jordan | Wine Pilot – Tapanappa Piccadilly Valley Chardonnay 2024

Author: Ray Jordan
Source: Wine Pilot
Date: Feb 2025

From a cool vintage, although not as cool as the ’23. This is a delightful chardonnay from the Piccadilly Valley with a vibrant freshness and energy which is complemented by the subtle stone fruit characters. Fine savoury notes with lemony chalky characters that balanced the beautifully pristine fruit. The finish is dry and slightly savoury.

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“One of the prettiest vintages of this wine” 95 Points – Shanteh Wale | Wine Pilot – Tapanappa Foggy Hill Pinot Noir 2023

Author: Shanteh Wale
Source: Wine Pilot
Date: Feb 2025

A lovely cool year with destemmed berries. Matured in one third new barriques for eight months. Satsuma plum, wild raspberries and Alpine strawberries. A cherry blossom prettiness and pulled paperbark earthiness. Dry powdery tannins surge forward providing a veil across the palate and allowing the nutmeg and cinnamon dust spice to dance. The wine is totally enthralling in its lacey tannin elegance and delicate dotted red fruit.

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“Real concentration of fruit and then a wonderland of sinewy tannins” 96 Points – Shanteh Wale | Wine Pilot – Tapanappa Foggy Hill ‘Definitus’ Pinot Noir 2018

Author: Shanteh Wale
Source: Wine Pilot
Date: Feb 2025

The second release of the Definitus, sourced from a specific block within the Foggy Hill Northwestern slope. Here in the warmer vintage we see the aging potential of this unique bottling. Boysenberries, ironstone, cured meats and five spice. A potent Morello cherry core is woven with sumac and wattleseed spice. The palate takes on new life with real concentration of fruit and then a wonderland of sinewy tannins.

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“Delivered with extra finesse and coolness”- 94 Points | Andrew Graham | OZ Wine Review – Tapanappa Foggy Hill Vineyard Pinot Noir 2023

Author: Andrew Graham
Source: OZ Wine Review
Date: Feb 2025

The march towards ever more delicate versions of the Tapanappa Foggy Hill Pinot Noir continues. Each vintage, this Fleurieu Peninsula wine gets a little more contained, with a bit more Pinosity. That’s not saying the previous vintages of Brian Croser’s Pinot South Australian Pinot Noir opus haven’t looked like varietal, just that this wine can sometimes choose power over seduction.

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“An attractive style for drinking over the best part of the next decade.” 94 Points – SA Wine Guide 2025 | The Vintage Journal | Tapanappa Whalebone Vineyard Cab Shiraz 2019

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Date: Dec 2024

A warm and dry vintage for the region in 2019, which helped ensure that the Whalebone Vineyard, planted 45 years ago, had a very small yield. The wine is a blend of 85% Cabernet and 15% Shiraz. The Shiraz comes from the Crayères Vineyard. After destemming, the two varieties were fermented separately, after cold soaking.

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“Amazingly fragrant and exceptionally easy to drink” 9.5/10 – Max Crus Wine Commentator – Tapanappa B&V Vineyard Syrah 2021

Author: Max Crus
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Date: Dec 2024

Confusingly, this new, limited-edition model from the Croser stable is from Mount Barker SA, not the more common Mt Barker WA. Regardless it’s amazingly fragrant and exceptionally easy to drink despite its nearly 15 per cent. 9.5/10.

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“As fashionable as merlot gets” 9.5/10 – Max Crus Wine Commentator – Tapanappa Whalebone Vineyard Merlot Cab Franc 2019

Author: Max Crus
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Date: Dec 2024

This is about as fashionable as merlot gets, however, just because you have money, doesn’t mean you have taste, in which case buy this to cover it up. Scrumptious red wine for the rich and fashionable. 9.5/10.

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“A little Maturity goes a long way” 94 Points – Andrew Graham | OZ Wine Review – Tapanappa Foggy Hill ‘Definitus’ Pinot Noir 2018

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Date: Dec 2024

There are very few Australian Pinot releases where you crack a bottle open and think, ‘This needs six years’. It just doesn’t happen. Bindi, maybe, some of the structured Yarra Pinot releases (Mount Mary sometimes), Bannockburn, By Farr, Domaine A. It’s a small collection. (I had a stab at a cellarworthy Pinot list many moons ago.

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“Lingering varietal flavour carries the tannin firmness well.”- 4.5 stars | Lester Jesberg | Wine Wise – Tapanappa Foggy Hill Vineyard Pinot Noir 2023

Author: Lester Jesberg
Source: Wine Wise
Date: Dec 2024

The red berry scent is complemented by hints of star anise, mint and high quality oak. Lingering varietal flavour carries the tannin firmness well. Needs 3-5 years.

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CRUSHED HOPES

Author: Luke Slattery
Source: GoodWeekend - Saturday Age
Date: Dec 2024

Grapes rotting on vines; billions of bottles’ worth of wine sitting in tank farms, wanted by no one. Australia’s inland bulk wine producers are in crisis, causing an image problem for the wider industry.

BRIAN CROSER claps a heavy hand on my shoulder and drags me in from the cold.

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“About as much going on as a chardonnay can provide” 9.7/10 – Max Crus Wine Commentator – Tapanappa Tiers Vineyard Chardonnay 2022

Author: Max Crus
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Date: Dec 2024

Tapanappa Piccadilly Valley Tiers Vineyard (Alt. 450m) Chardonnay 2023, $110. About as much going on as a chardonnay can provide and all of it good. Somewhat lighter than exxy chardonnays are renowned, and better for it. Alas, few will discover what chardonnay can be, and true, it is merely different in the end and depends what you prefer,

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“The 2022 Chardonnay is all class.” 94 Points – Erin Larkin | Wine Advocate | Tapanappa Piccadilly Valley Chardonnay 2022

Author: Erin Larkin
Source: Wine Advocate
Date: Dec 2024

The 2022 Chardonnay is all class. It unleashes a mouthwatering torrent of stone fruit flavor on the palate, filling it with a rising tide of chalky phenolics, piercing fruit flavor, intense acidity, crushed nuts and brine. Awesome. At under $50 AUD, this is one of the great value premium Chardonnays in Australia.13.7% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.

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“Exactly what I expected it to be: excellent.” 95 Points – Erin Larkin | Wine Advocate – Tapanappa Tiers 1.5M Vineyard Chardonnay 2022

Author: Erin Larkin
Source: Wine Advocate
Date: Dec 2024

The 2022 Chardonnay Tiers Vineyard 1.5m is exactly what I expected it to be: excellent. A piercing intensity of flavor is matched by the piercing (and juicy) acidity. It fills the mouth side to side with sapid, staining fruit and lingers long through the finish. A superstar wine. It’s got a massive reputation for a reason.

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“A superstar wine of grand proportions” 97+ Points – Erin Larkin | Wine Advocate – Tapanappa Tiers Vineyard Chardonnay 2022

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Date: Dec 2024

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).

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“Worth every cent of that” 94 Points – Erin Larkin | Wine Advocate | Tapanappa Piccadilly Valley Chardonnay 2023

Author: Erin Larkin
Source: Wine Advocate
Date: Dec 2024

What a super wine this is. As we all know, good Chardonnay often comes at a price, given the necessary inputs required to come together. From quality oak, lower-yielding vines and often time spent maturing prior to release, it’s easy to see the costs mounting up; and for this reason, we go to premium producers who are able to realize the quality of the fruit within already existing winery structures.

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“Delicate but also powerful” 95 Points – Erin Larkin | Wine Advocate – Tapanappa Tiers Vineyard Chardonnay 2023

Author: Erin Larkin
Source: Wine Advocate
Date: Dec 2024

The 2023 Tiers Vineyard Chardonnay has elderflower and white peach, pressed flowers and kiwi fruit, custard apples and scraped vanilla pod. The wine is delicate but also powerful and finishes in a spooling flourish of flavor and salty acidity. A very smart wine here, it is decidedly cool in feel. Patience will be required in order to see this wine unfurl to its best;

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“Well constructed, complex and intriguing”- 92 points | Erin Larkin | Wine Advocate – Tapanappa B&V Vineyard Syrah 2021

Author: Erin Larkin
Source: Wine Advocate
Date: Dec 2024

The 2021 B & V Syrah leads with fenugreek and arnica, cassis, blackcurrant and raspberry seed. Once the wine is moving in the glass, it really opens up beautifully. On the palate, the wine is succulent and polished, with plenty of grip and grit from the tannins and seamless flow of the fruit. I find the alcohol more prominent than expected,

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“Has magnificent length and carry through the finish” 93 Points – Erin Larkin | Wine Advocate  – Tapanappa Foggy Hill ‘Definitus’ Pinot Noir 2018

Author: Erin Larkin
Source: Wine Advocate
Date: Dec 2024

The 2018 Definitus Pinot Noir Foggy Hill is darker in the glass than the Foggy Hill Pinot tasted beside it, and this wine enters with a rich cascade of cherry and woodsy spice, forest underbrush/sous bois, aged leather and old books. As an avid book collector, this is a positive, evocative, haunting smell for me.

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