Penfolds: Yattarna Chardonnay 2022

Penfolds: Yattarna Chardonnay 2022

2
Chardonnay 100%
5
hvid, tør
12,5% Vol.
Modenhed til at drikke: 2027–2052
Pakket ind i: 6 OHK
9
ukonventionel
mineral
eksotisk & aromatisk
3
Lobenberg: 100/100
Jane Anson: 98/100
Colin Hay: 98/100
Parker: 97+/100
Suckling: 97/100
6
Australien, Sydaustralien
7
Allergener: Sulfitter,
lobenberg

Heiner Lobenberg om:
Yattarna Chardonnay 2022

100
/100

Yattarna har været en af Australiens bedste chardonnayer i over 20 år. I lighed med Grange er vinen en "Multi Regional Blend". Penfolds' filosofi bag dette er at aftappe den bedst mulige blanding hvert år. I udviklingsfasen var der svimlende 144 forsøg, før vinen endelig levede op til Penfolds' vinmagere, hvis mål var at sætte barren højt for ultrafin australsk chardonnay. Ved nådesløst at udvælge de bedste Chardonnay-druer fra Australiens kølige klimaregioner er Yattarna pålideligt en hvidvin af exceptionel kvalitet. I 2022 kommer størstedelen (61 procent) af druerne fra Tumbarumba i New South Wales, 26 procent fra Tasmaniens Coal River-region og resten fra de kølige højder i Adelaide Hills. Den otte måneder lange modning fandt sted i franske barriques, hvoraf næsten halvdelen var nye. Denne Yattarna har en delikat citrongul farve med grønne og sølvfarvede refleksioner i glasset. Mineraliteten spiller førsteviolin i næsen. Vanvittigt! Intens flint og stenmel spiller sammen med den anspændte, perfekt passende reduktion af en frisk tændt tændstik. Underneden ligger elegant, perfekt moden gul stenfrugt med svævende citrusblomster og citronskal. Hvid fersken, konferencepære, abrikoser, fingerlime og sprøde gule æbler. Den delikate, forførende krydring fra trælagringen er harmonisk integreret og står næsten i baggrunden med vanilje, brune krydderier, citrontærte i mørdej og krydret laurbærblad. Denne perfekte balancegang fortsætter i munden, og vinens harmoni og balance er storslået! Den flyder næsten hen over tungen og efterlader alligevel på mirakuløs vis en spændende friskhed, salt mineralitet med citrus og delikate urtearomaer. Sikke en vidunderlig, ultra hedonistisk finessevin! Fra Australien er det kun Tolpuddle, der kan gøre det i denne spændende, salte stil, men det i glasset kunne lige så godt komme fra den bedste liga i Chablis eller, på grund af den lidt eksotiske smag, sandsynligvis fra Sonoma Coast. Imponerende og lækker - den næste slurk behøver ikke vente længe! På grund af sin livlige syre og tekstur har Yattarna potentiale til at modnes.

98
/100

Jane Anson om: Yattarna Chardonnay

Grip, tension and pleasure spring to mind as soon as you get onboard with this wine. So much depth and confidence on display, with a slate, gunsmoke and cold ash wave that offsets the rich citrus fruit, all laced with sage, lemongrass and white tea. Tom King director, Peter Gago chief winemaker.

Smagsnotat
98
/100

Colin Hay om: Yattarna Chardonnay

(100% Chardonnay; the fruit sourced from Tumbarumba, Tasmania and Adelaide Hills; pH 3.11; barrel fermented and aged for 8 months in French oak barrels, 44% of which were new; 12.5% alcohol). The 26th vintage of this, Penfolds’ increasingly iconic Chardonnay, made with precisely the same attention to detail and vineyard and parcel selection process as Grange. A fabulous follow-up to the sublime 2021. Aromatically beautiful and sublime in its complexity, each return to the glass revealing new elements. Lime and lime zest, grapefruit and fennel seed, hay, tarte au citron and lemon sorbet. A little white floral note. Elderflower. Lily of the valley. Much more limpid still, than Bin 311 or Reserve Black A. Fluid. Lithe. Fleshy but hyper-crystalline. On the palate, this is so tight and precise, highly structured and very focussed, rapier-like. I love the little touch of iodine and oyster shell that I’ve noticed before with Yattarna, a hint of white pepper too. Very refined, almost delicate. Gorgeous texturally and wonderfully tactile, with a playful and captivating acidity. This tapers gently on the finish with each grip of the acidity, supported by a gentle hint of tannin, releasing plumes of sapid juiciness. The top white here by some distance, but an Everest amongst Himalayan peaks.

97+
/100

Parker om: Yattarna Chardonnay

The 2022 Yattarna Chardonnay comprises fruit from Tumbarumba (61%), Tasmania (particularly Coal River Valley, 26%) and the balance from the Adelaide Hills. This wine ages slowly and gracefully, and I love it for that. The phenolics frame a powerful core of fruit that is at once streamlined and wide. It blankets the mouth and persists long after the wine is gone. At this stage, it feels inchoate in its development: tiny fish hooks of texture and a frisky sort of acid line both indicate that the wine has some time to go before it fully realizes its potential. This is forever the blue-chip investment in this collection for my taste, and there is a perpetually seamless cohesion of malolactic fermentation into the wine. The Yattarna is fully inoculated with estate-developed yeast strains, built in conjunction over time with the AWRI. It has 12.5% alcohol, a pH of 3.11 and 6.8 grams per liter of total acidity, and it matured for eight months in French barriques (44% new).

97
/100

Suckling om: Yattarna Chardonnay

There is a cooler aura to this, perhaps, than the other chardonnays. Spruce, nettle and lemon curd to camembert on the nose, shifting gears to stone fruit references and a glimpse of praline, cashew, pistachio and nougat at the core. A mid-weighted wine that wields an orb of reductive tension across a compact, immensely concentrated mid-palate, paradoxically giving an impression of calmness and levity. An excellent Yattarna. Drinkable now, but best from 2025. 97/100

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Yattarna Chardonnay 2022