Bill Nanson was in town, so the usual threesome of Bill, Neal Martin and I had one of our lunches, at Sakura. It was good.Number two in my new Chardonnay trail is one of Australia's top examples.
Leeuwin Estate Chardonnay 2002 Margaret River, Western Australia
Yellowish with very subtle green glints. Lovely nose: complex and bold. Quite taut and a bit minerally, but also with some bready, toasty richness and ripe fruit. It's well disciplined. The palate combines complex tropical fruits with fresher citrus notes, well supported by almost structured oak (with a bit of vanilla) and good acidity. It's intense, complex and quite tight, even at four years old, with great poise. A really superb example of Chardonnay. Blind I think I'd go new world, but it's at the top of the new world pile. Very good/excellent 94/100 (£35 Waitrose)
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One of the things I like about Art Series Chard is that it is unashamedly New World. There seems no attempt (as there is with Yattarna) to make it taste like Burgundy. A really nice wine, but a bit overpriced compared to, er, Burgundy ;-)
Yep, £35 would get you some very respectable Burgundy - not that this is trying to be Burgundy, as you say. I'd probably think about buying this wine if it were £15, but with more money in my pocket than this, I'd tend to go elsewhere. There's honesty for you...
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