Penfolds - Australie Méridionale Yattarna 2022
97+/100
Robert Parker
97/100
James Suckling
96/100
Decanter
96/100
Falstaff
96/100
Tastingbook - Markus Del Monego
"The press is unanimous: Penfolds' Yattarna is a chardonnay of wonderful richness and complexity: a great vintage for connoisseurs!"
This full-bodied wine is seductively opulent and confidently showcases the best qualities of Chardonnay. Sourced from the coolest regions of Tumbarumba in New South Wales, Tasmania, and the Adelaide Hills, this premium cuvée is once again the result of careful plot selection. Its bright and expressive aromas of nectarine blossom and jasmine are complemented by a sexy touch of lemon curd and a hint of grapefruit. The balance between all the components is magnificent, while complex textures and flavors unfold, from bright white peach to lime cream, to a tingle of lemon sorbet on the finish. 2025-2044" (Decanter 2023) - Wooden case delivery available for orders of 6 bottles of this wine (depending on country and shipping method selected)
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Eye
Straw yellow color, bright disc, some emerald highlights
Nose
Rich and complex, with hints of book and cut hay, the freshness of cucumber mingling with a zest of lemongrass, basil, and cut grass. These herbaceous scents also blend with notes of lemon curd and candied lime.
Mouth
Lively and full-bodied, with a beautiful acidity that structures the tasting experience, a silky texture, flavors of white peach, lemon granita, oyster shell, and fresh hazelnut, beautiful concentration, a long, indulgent finish, and subtle peppery notes.
Serve
At 11-12°C
Open
2 hours before
Drink from
2025
Drink before
2044
Food and wine pairings
Enjoy with monkfish blanquette, pork curry, scallop casserole...
Decanter
Wine rated (2024 guide) 96/100
About wine:
This full-bodied wine is seductively opulent and confidently showcases the best qualities of Chardonnay. Sourced from the coolest regions of Tumbarumba in New South Wales, Tasmania, and the Adelaide Hills, this premium cuvée is once again the result of careful selection of the best vineyard plots. Its bright and expressive aromas of nectarine blossom and jasmine are complemented by a sexy touch of lemon curd and a hint of grapefruit. The balance between all the components is magnificent, while complex textures and flavors unfold, from bright white peach to lime cream, to a tingle of lemon sorbet on the finish. 2025-2044
Robert Parker - Wine Advocate
Wine rated (2024 guide) 97+/100
Rated estate (2022 guide) Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)
About wine:
The Yattarna Chardonnay 2022 is made from fruit sourced from Tumbarumba (61%), Tasmania (notably Coal River Valley, 26%) and the rest from the Adelaide Hills. This wine ages slowly and gracefully, and I love it for that. Phenolic compounds frame a powerful fruit core that is both lean and broad. It floods the mouth and lingers long after the wine is gone. At this stage, its development seems inchoate: tiny hooks of texture and a frisky line of acidity indicate that the wine still has time ahead of it before it fully realizes its potential. Yattarna is, in my opinion, the best investment in this collection, and the cohesion of the malolactic fermentation in the wine is perpetual and flawless. Yattarna is entirely inoculated with yeast strains developed by the estate, developed over time in collaboration with the AWRI. It has an alcohol content of 12.5%, a pH of 3.11, and a total acidity of 6.8 grams per liter. It was aged for eight months in French barrels (44% new barrels). 2024-2042
James Suckling
Wine rated (2023 guide) 97/100
Rated estate (2022 guide) Recommended
About wine:
This wine is perhaps fresher than other Chardonnays. The nose is marked by notes of spruce, nettle, lemon curd, and Camembert, before moving on to hints of stone fruit and a glimpse of praline, cashew, pistachio, and nougat at the heart of the wine. A moderately balanced wine that exerts a reductive tension on a compact and immensely concentrated mid-palate, paradoxically giving an impression of calm and lightness. An excellent Yattarna. Drink now, but preferably from 2025 onwards.
Tastingbook - Markus Del Monego
Wine rated (2024 guide) 96/100
Falstaff
Wine rated (2024 guide) 96/100
About wine:
The nose is currently somewhat discreet, with notes of tropical fruit, hints of citrus, an appetizing herbaceous flavor, and mineral, smoky, and reductive nuances. The palate is pleasantly slender with notes of flint, very juicy and very persistent. Will continue to mature.
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