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Region: Tasmania
Grapes: Chardonnay
First Glance: Struck Match, White Nectarine, Energetic, Tight
Acclaim: 96pts
The Wine:
Cooinda Vale Vineyard was established in 1985 by Pooley’s founders, Margaret and Dennis Pooley. Sitting between 80-100m above sea level, the vineyard is tucked away in a nook of hills North of Campania making it much more protected from prevailing weather conditions.
The fruit was handpicked and cooled to 5 degrees overnight, then whole bunch pressed the following morning with hard pressings separated. The juice was transferred to barrel for primary fermentation, which lasted for 20 days. The wine saw 50% MLF completed, and 40% new French oak barriques which are Marcel Cadet barrels from D&J. The wine was matured for 8 months in barrel, then 6 weeks in tank prior to bottling. No fining but filtered.
A Cooinda Vale Chardonnay to go down in the history books, aromas of roasted almond, fresh butter, sea spray and jasmine. The palate leads in to the signature grapefruit pith and mandarin, brought together with creme brulee, macadamia, apricot, preserved lemon and a tight acid line.
The Review:
Gary Walsh, The Wine Front - 96pts
"It has a fair amount of flinty struck match, pink grapefruit, white nectarine, white flower and fennel tip perfume, cashew and spicy cinnamon oak. It lights up the palate, it crackles with energy, but also has some umami flavours, a light chicken broth, oatmeal, that kind of thing, has a certain juiciness too, and offers plenty of salted cashew and stony things on a finish of superb length. It’s such a good and interesting expression of Chardonnay. Tight, yes, but delivers heaps of flavour. Unreal."
