Author: Peter Forrestal
Source: Sunday Times
Date: Feb 2011
2008 Tapanappa Tiers Chardonnay
Brian Croser lives alongside the superb Tiers vineyard in the Adelaide Hills and coaxes one of the country’s finest chardonnays from its 30-year-old vines. This has restraint and fruit purity, wonderful texture and bright, refreshing acidity.…
Author: Nick Stock
Source: Good Wine Guide 2011
Date: Nov 2010
As polished and swish as you’d expect from the experienced Croser-Cazes team leading this project. Plenty of toasty oak, and deeply ripe, juicy plum/berry fruit presence – a convincing wine. The palate is swathed in supple, even tannin and finishes …
Author: Ralph Kyte-Powell
Source: The Age, Epicure liftout
Date: Sep 2010
TAPANAPPA is an Australian-French consortium founded by Brian Croser (ex-Petaluma), Bordeaux-born Jean-Michel Cazes and Champagne Bolinger. The international nature of the partnership is echoed in this tasty wine. It takes the very Australian blend of cabernet sauvignon and shiraz (with …
Author: James Halliday
Source: James Halliday Wine Companion 2011
Date: Jun 2010
Good hue; a 60/30/10 blend of Cabernet Sauvignon/Shiraz/Merlot with a very obvious infusion of French oak on bouquet and palate; has excellent texture and structure, and none of the tannin challenges of the Merlot. Cork.
14% alc. Rating 94 Drink …
Author: Matthew Jukes
Source: Matthew Jukes' 100 Best Australian Wines 2010
Date: Jun 2010
Last year’s ’06 Merlot sold out in the blink of an eye and so this year I have given the nod to the imperial Whalebone Cab/Shiraz. Fiendishly difficult to pin down, the flavour and aroma of this wine shapeshifts in …
Author: Campbell Mattinson
Source: The Wine Front
Date: Jun 2010
Saw that there was a note for this 2006 Tapanappa Cabernet Shiraz in last year’s Big Red Wine Book (well in advance of its release) and – noting the 91 point score – wondered whether we?d been a bit harsh. …
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Source: Gourmet Traveler WINE
Date: Jun 2010
Perhaps the best of this line. It has an abundance of savoury, mellowed complexities from time in barrel and bottle. It’s soft and elegant, with fine tannins and supple texture, superb balance and length. 15+ years.…
Author: Chris Plummer
Source: Australian Wine Journal
Date: Jun 2010
Very dark/black fruited nose which has a synergistic blend of both varieties and oak. Shows just a hint of the green notes sometimes associated with the region, leading into a smooth and satisfying palate with a rather approachable lick of …
Author: Jeff Collerson
Source: Daily Telegraph
Date: Jun 2010
Legendary winemaker Brian Croser who created the Petaluma label, established Tapanappa at Wrattonbully on SA’s Limestone Coast, in 2002. This has a rich mouth-feel with great concentration and depth to the black fruit flavours. Whalebone vineyard is 32 years old …
Author: Lester Jesberg (Editor)
Source: WineWise Vol. 25, No. 5.
Date: Jun 2010
The nose shows attractive red berry-spice aromas, and very fine tannins persist with the fruit on a medium-weight palate.…
Author: Andrew Graham
Source: OZWineReview.com
Date: Jun 2010
One of a very limited number of single vineyard Cabernet Shiraz blends, this savoury, firm and rather old world inspired red blend is extremely classy but also desperately in need of time.
With a bright, yet dusty, red/black fruit & …
Author: Harvey Steiman
Source: Wine Spectator
Date: Jun 2010
Elegant and harmonious, this is silky in texture, with lovely blueberry, currant, plum and spice flavors playing out with refinement and style, finishing with a meaty, savory note. Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz and Cabernet Franc. Drink now through 2020. 1,400 cases …
Author: Harvey Steiman
Source: Wine Spectator Insider, Vol. 5, No. 41
Date: Jun 2010
Polished, elegant and harmonious, this is silky, with lovely blueberry, currant, plum and spice flavours playing out with refinement and style, finishing with a meaty, savoury note. Drink now through 2020. 93 points.…
Author: Campbell Mattinson & Gary Walsh
Source: Big Red Wine Book 2009/2010
Date: Jun 2010
Gravel, blackcurrant, dried herbs and toasty, tarry flavours characterise it, and it has good length. The oak has settled beautifully into the wine, and it sure is balanced?…
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