PENFOLD'S Chardonnay 'Yattarna' Bin 144 2019 Bottle (los)

Description

The 2019 Yattarna Chardonnay is an outstanding wine that has received high praise, including 97+ points from The Wine Advocate and 97 points from Decanter. This vintage exhibits a flinty, reductive character, with enticing aromas of marmalade on cold toast, white flowers, green tea, white peach, and pineapple. The palate features a captivating struck-match quality, leading to a long, pleasurable finish. Decanter highlights its polished style, allowing the pristine fruit to express notes of lemon, mandarin, and grapefruit, complemented by delicate oak that frames white nectarine. James Suckling rates it 95 points for its intense fruit and complexity, while Jancis Robinson notes its powerful flinty aromas and smoky oak. This remarkable Chardonnay is drinkable now and capable of aging beautifully through 2039.

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THE WINE ADVOCATE Rating: 97+
Drink Date: 2024 - 2039
The 2019 Yattarna Chardonnay is flinty and reductive, with a toasty sulfide-riddled palate. There are notes of marmalade on cold toast, white flowers, green tea/matcha, white peach, pineapple lumps and clotted cream. The struck-match quality of the palate is beguiling to some (to me), and this carries through to the long finish. What a pleasure. - Reviewed by: Erin Larkin

DECANTER 97 points
Drinking Window: 2023 - 2039
The introduction of a flinty spark to the nose shows that Yattarna has moved again in style, now standing proudly like a more rarefied, polished version of the impressive Reserve Bin A model. It allows the pristine fruit to speak in nuanced tones, its airy dance of lemon, mandarin and grapefruit notes swooping into a darker, sterner mid-palate, where delicate oak frames pristine white nectarine and adds just enough savoury bite. - Tasted by: David Sly

JANCIS ROBINSON 18+ points
Drink date 2021 - 2036 57% Tasmania, 32% Tumbarumba, 11% Adelaide Hills. Barrel-fermented. Powerful flinty aromas and smoky oak. Stylish, lengthy, perhaps less full than it used to be, but far from lean. You could slip this into a top-end burgundy tasting and nobody would blink. (RH)

JAMES SUCKLING 95 Points
23 Jul, 2021 – Instantly makes an impression of fruit intensity with yellow citrus and peaches. There’s a deep sense of complexity through barrel fermentation, adding pastry and nutty oak-spice aromas. The palate is deeply concentrated and grips the finish tight. A blend of Tasmania, Tumbarumba and Adelaide Hills. Drink or hold. Screw cap.

VINOUS 95 points
Drinking window: 2026 - 2036
Light, green-tinged yellow. Mineral-accented nectarine, Anjou pear, lemon pith, iodine and white flowers on the intensely perfumed nose. Taut and dry in the mouth, the 2019 offers concentrated orchard and citrus fruit flavors that are complemented by suggestions of sweet butter, tarragon and vanilla. Shows superb depth as well as energy, finishing minerally and impressively long, with lingering citrus fruit, oyster shell and floral notes. Made in 55% new French oak. - Josh Raynolds. Tasting date: July 2021

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Penfolds is a prestigious Australian winery founded in 1844 by Dr. Christopher Rawson Penfold and his wife, Mary, originally located in the Barossa Valley. The winery is renowned for its high-quality wines, particularly its flagship, Grange, which is considered a benchmark for premium Australian Shiraz. Penfolds boasts a diverse portfolio, producing various wines from multiple regions, including Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz, and Chardonnay. The winery blends traditional winemaking techniques with modern practices, focusing on terroir and meticulous vineyard management to ensure quality. Known for its innovative approach, Penfolds often creates consistent wines by blending fruit from different vintages and regions. With numerous accolades and high ratings from critics, Penfolds has established a strong reputation among wine enthusiasts and collectors worldwide.