This wine is a knockout punch for Oz chardonnay that gets little respect on the world stage. Tiers Vineyard was the first vineyard planted in the Adelaide Hills since the 19th century and marks the centre of the Piccadilly Valley. …
Author: Anthony Gismondi & Stuart Tobe
Source: GismondiOnWine.com
Date: Oct 2010
This wine is a knockout punch for Oz chardonnay that gets little respect on the world stage. Tiers Vineyard was the first vineyard planted in the Adelaide Hills since the 19th century and marks the centre of the Piccadilly Valley. …
Author: James Halliday
Source: The Australian
Date: Jun 2010
A powerful wine, with great structure and length, but very slightly grippy on the finish. 18 Points…
Author: Jancis Robinson
Source: JancisRobinson.com
Date: Jun 2010
Notably sweet, smooth texture. Just the merest hint of coffee and spice (perhaps because of the Vosges oak used? ? new and old). Good acidity but texture is really is its strong suit, from vines planted in 1979. Some creamy …
Author: Josh Raynolds
Source: Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar
Date: Jun 2010
92 points.
Pale yellow. Highly perfumed nose offers a complex array of smoky, leesy citrus and pit fruit aromas underscored by toasty oak and sweet butter. The fresh peach and yellow plum flavors possess impressive depth and are nicely brightened …
Author: Winsor Dobbin
Source: Winestate
Date: Jun 2010
Former Petaluma supremo Brian Croser had to treat his vineyard owner wife Ann to a week in the best hotel in Paris to convince her to release half of the chardonnay grapes from her Tiers Vineyard in the Piccadilly Valley …
Author: Tom Cannavan
Source: www.wine-pages.com
Date: Jun 2010
Meaning ‘Stick to the path’ in aboriginal language, Tapanappa is a super-premium Australian label, launched by one of the great names of Australian winemaking, Brian Croser (left). Croser found fame as owner and winemaker at Petaluma, one of Australia’s icon …
Author: Tom Cannavan
Source: www.wine-pages.com
Date: Jun 2010
The concept of Tapanappa is to make ultra-premium, terroir-specific wines from their South Australian vineyards. Tiers vineyard was selected for the Chardonnay because it “mirrors the southern end of the Côte de Beaune, where the great Montrachets are grown.” The …
Author: James Halliday
Source: The Weekend Australian
Date: Jun 2010
Later that day I proceeded to dinner with the same underlying message: there is never enough great wine and always too much mediocre product, the main virtue of which is its alcohol content. At the dinner the hosts were the …
Author: Andrew Jefford
Source: World of Fine Wine
Date: Jun 2010
Author: Andrew Wood
Source: www.divineonline.com.au
Date: Jun 2010
Tapanappa is a joint venture between Brian Croser, Bollinger and the Cazes family (who own Lynch Bages in Bordeaux). The fruit is sourced from the Tiers vineyard in the Adelaide Hills (Croser retained ownership of the vineyard after Lion Nathan …
Author: Jamie Goode
Source: www.wineanorak.com
Date: Jun 2010
Another data point for the Chardonnay trail, an unofficial series of notes on examples of this variety that have been accumulating on my blog in recent weeks.
This time it’s off to Australia – the Piccadilly Valley of South Australia, …
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