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| Poole's Rock Chardonnay 2001 |  |
Winery: Poole's Rock
Region: Lower Hunter Valley
Varietal: Chardonnay
Best Drinking: 2003 to 2004
Best Vintages: '92, '93, '95, '98
Drink with: Creamy pasta
Price guide: $ 24.95 AUD
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Wine background
Right from the outset, this 100 per cent estate-grown wine has been made in full-blown fashion by contract-winemaker Iain Riggs (of Brokenwood). The propensity of Hunter Valley Chardonnay to produce a rich, buttery, peachy wine was given free rein, complexed by partial malolactic fermentation and maturation in French Vosges oak barriques. The '98 broke through with a gold medal at the fiercely contested 1998 Hunter Valley Wine Show. The wine was matured in 27 per cent new French oak barrels, the remainder being between one and five years old. Thirteen per cent was taken through malolactic fermentation, and it spent six months on lees. | |
| James Halliday Dec 10 2002 Rating: 88 out of 100 | Glowing yellow-green, quite developed; the complex bouquet with yellow peach and toasty oak is followed by a rich, generously flavoured, peachy palate; drink asap. |
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