Penfolds, Bin 144 Yattarna Chardonnay Vintage:2013

Penfolds, Bin 144 Yattarna Chardonnay Vintage:2013The complex, chalky, crushed stones mineral nosed 2014 Chardonnay Yattarna opens out to perfumed notes of orange blossoms, peach kernels, grapefruit and lemon zest plus some matchstick and honey nut nuances. Very fine and intense in the mouth, it is taut yet multilayered, with a fine light to medium body and amazing length. This is right up there with Australias best and that is saying something given the caliber of Aussie Chardonnays today! By the

The Bodegas wines are all blends

a blend of 80% Roussanne and 20% white Grenache fermented 80% in tank and 20% in barrel

2-3 decades are needed for this to really come around

3% alcohol

70 ha total of the 1ers La Riotte

the 2010 is sure to improve with a little more time in the bottle

There are 4

The perfume delivers with ease its complex array of coffee bean

which is quite favorable for ageworthy wines

(from two very large parcels of vines totaling over 3 ha)

spicy and long on the finish

but a FILM of the terroir