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3AW White Wine of the Year, 2011 3AW Chardonnay of the Year, 2011 Beautiful, developing peel fruit on the nose, with complex flinty matchstrike characters...There’s density and concentration to this wine, but many gentle, delicate characters too...A fab drink. Some depth starting to develop to the colour; a subtle, sophisticated wine, stone fruit, melon, citrus and French oak all seamlessly joined, the balance and length all one could ask for. This is a very classy release from TarraWarra Estate. It's not news that Chardonnay is my weakness - and it's Chardonnay of this style which makes it so. It's pure and lengthy, powerful and refined, with sweet pear-like fruit flavour and wheatgerm-like complexing notes. Toasty oak plays a part and so too creamy/waxy texture. A grapefruity bitterness defines the finish. It is a truly beautiful wine.
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Tarrawarra Estate Reserve Chardonnay
2008 – The house style deliciously balances lush fruit
with finesse. Lovely complexities of grapefruit, lemon with solids, struck
matches and flint and rich palate full of fruit that is savoury and ripe to the
finish. Very classy wine, the aftertaste lasts for 45 seconds. 
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