PenfoldsYattarna Chardonnay 2015

A much-anticipated vintage for Yattarna and it does not disappoint, showing very impressive depth and sheer fruit power. It has devoured the oak, there´s a deep citrusy core to the palate that really hinges on yellow grapefruit. It teases with subtle bitterness in a way that a great chef fine tunes a great dish, sapid, dense and very very assertive.

The 2015 Chardonnay Yattarna has a lot of puppy fat on the nose at this youthful stage, showing exuberant notes of baked peaches, apple pie, guava and pineapple paste over yeasty/savory notions and a waft of crushed stones. The palate is typically tightly wound, revealing great tension and minerality, yet it also has a lot of fruit and and a lovely silken texture, finishing long and invigorating. Forget it for two to three years and drink it over the next 10+.

"A more generous style of Yattarna this year and not as elegant or sophisticated as the 2014. Nonetheless, there is much to applaud and admire from this 2015 in which 84% of the fruit has come from Tasmania and the rest from the Adelaide Hills. Intriguingly, more oak was employed this year and yet it (deliberately) does not intrude on the complex palate which comprises tarte tatin, white peach and patisserie flavours combined with a touch of savoury oatmeal. Though bigger boned than some recent Yattarnas, this is still elegantly concentrated and has more than enough acidic spine to carry it forward for another six or seven years. Drinking Window 2017 - 2026"

"Komplex årgång vars kostym klär vinet väldig välskräddat. Känns som man vågat ta steget tillbaka och har återigen mer förtroende för den fatkänsla som detta vin behöver för att ha det rätta djupet och smakrikedomen. Fet i nosen med läckra och balanserat nötsmörtoner således inledningsvis, elegant mellanakt och kraft i avslut. De vegetala (lätt gräsiga)tonerna är ytterst fräscha, kroppen känns lättsteppad men det finns tyngd i slagen. Grape, apelsin, lime i frukten med viss tropisk hint. Bra kryddighet ger ett snyggt bett. Sinnlig och elegant årgång."