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Tag: Tapanappa Piccadilly Valley Chardonnay 2021

Layered with concentrated Chardonnay flavor | 94 points | Robert Parker Wine Advocate – Tapanappa Piccadilly Valley Chardonnay 2021

Author: Erin Larkin
Source: Robert Parker Wine Advocate
Date: Sep 2022

The Tapanappa 2021 Chardonnay is layered with concentrated Chardonnay flavor: curry leaf, yellow peach, salted preserved lemons and pink grapefruit, even. The phenolics in the mouth are grippy and attractive, and the wine fairly streams over the tongue and spools …

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Something quite exciting | 93 points | Wine Companion – Tapanappa Piccadilly Valley Chardonnay 2021

Author: Jeni Port
Source: Wine Companion
Date: Aug 2022

A quality chardonnay maker and a quality vintage adds up to something quite exciting. Pristine with layers of citrus, honeydew melon, stone fruit and plenty of tangy, fresh acidity to give it zing, this is definitely on the riper end …

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Generosity of fruit combined with juicy acidity | 93 points | Angus Hughson – Tapanappa Piccadilly Valley Chardonnay 2021

Author: Angus Hughson
Source: Wine Pilot
Date: Mar 2022

Brian Croser is very happy with the 2021 Adelaide Hills vintage, and so he should be as all the wines show an excellent mix of classic Chardonnay generosity of fruit combined with juicy acidity. This regional Piccadilly Valley Chardonnay is …

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Depth, length and interest | 92 points | Stuart Robinson – Tapanappa Piccadilly Valley Chardonnay 2021

Author: Stuart Robinson
Source: The Vinsomniac
Date: Mar 2022

Ripe peach with a throw of toasted oak in the frame. Toast latterly morphs to a spice, grilled hazelnut, a peppery top note.A little creamy texture whips across the palate, oak spice backing that up with an expansive move through …

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Showing perfectly ripe fruit and superb precision | 96 points | Andrew Caillard MW – Tapanappa Piccadilly Valley Chardonnay 2021

Author: Andrew Caillard MW
Source: The Vintage Journal
Date: Mar 2022

Pale colour. Attractive white peach, apricot, nectarine, grapefruit aromas with tonic water notes. Creamy textured and buoyant with abundant stonefruit, grapefruit flavours, fine slinky/ al dente textures, underlying nougat, hint aniseed notes and fresh long acidity. A very expressive chardonnay …

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Just a whole lot of admirably contained flavour | 93 / 100 | Australian Wine Review – Tapanappa Piccadilly Valley Chardonnay 2021

Author: Andrew Graham
Source: Australian Wine Review
Date: Mar 2022

Besides the obvious wine quality, what I always like about the new vintage release of the latest Tapanappa wines is the commentary from Brian Croser. Come for the Chardonnay, stay for the weather reports (just check out the proper detail …

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Great drive and it lingers very long | 93 points | The Real Review – Tapanappa Piccadilly Valley Chardonnay 2021

Author: Stuart Knox
Source: The Real Review
Date: Mar 2022

Light straw-yellow hue. White peach, broken slate and smoked-nuts on the nose. The palate opens with intense white peach fruits, they flow with power from start to finish, all the while layers of smoky bacon fat and oyster-brine add complexity …

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So excellent | 94+ points | The Wine Front – Tapanappa Piccadilly Valley Chardonnay 2021

Author: Gary Walsh
Source: The Wine Front
Date: Mar 2022

If you’re into statistics, and detailed weather information, then Brian Croser is the man for you. Being English, and specifically Northern English, anyone who knows me well will know that weather observation is a wonderful source of interest for me.…

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