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Petaluma Tiers Chardonnay 2006
Significantly better than previous bottles tasted, this charmingly rich, generous and seamless chardonnay has a delicate chalky bouquet of white flowers, lemon rind, grapefruit and melon backed by suggestions of wheatmeal and minerals. It delivers concentration and a plump, fatness on the palate, but retains length, shape and focus. A reserved presence of white peach, grapefruit, melon and pear is backed by suggestions of tangerine, finely knit with savoury oak and finished by a gentle lime juice acidity. Long, waxy and briny, it delivers a delightfully persistent core of fruit.
Vintage
2006
Peak years to drink
2011 - 2014+
Jeremy's score
95 / 100
Seal type
Cork
Petaluma Tiers Chardonnay
Piccadilly Valley
Price Range at Release: $100-$199
Vintage: 2016
Alc %: 14.0
Significantly better than previous bottles tasted, this charmingly rich, generous and seamless chardonnay has a delicate chalky bouquet of white flowers, lemon rind, grapefruit and melon backed by suggestions of wheatmeal and minerals. It delivers concentration and a plump, fatness on the palate, but retains length, shape and focus. A reserved presence of white peach, grapefruit, melon and pear is backed by suggestions of tangerine, finely knit with savoury oak and finished by a gentle lime juice acidity. Long, waxy and briny, it delivers a delightfully persistent core of fruit.
Last Date Tasted: 13/07/2018
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Vintage
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Score/100
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Score/20
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Year To Drink
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2016
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96 | 18.9 | 2024-2028+  |
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2015
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96 | 18.9 | 2023-2027 |
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2013
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90 | 17.1 | 2018-2021  |
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2010
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86 | 15.7 | 2012-2015 |
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2009
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95 | 18.6 | 2014-2017 |
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2008
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95 | 18.8 | 2013-2016+ |
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2007
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88 | 16.5 | 2009-2012+ |
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2006
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95 | 18.6 | 2011-2014+ |
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2005
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90 | 17.2 | 2007-2010+ |
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2004
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95 | 18.8 | 2009-2012+ |
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2003
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91 | 17.6 | 2008-2011 |
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2002
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90 | 17.3 | 2004-2007+ |
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2001
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94 | 18.3 | 2006-2009+ |
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2000
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96 | 18.9 | 2005-2008+ |
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1999
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93 | 18.2 | 2004-2007 |
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1998
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97 | 19.2 | 2005-2008 |
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1997
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97 | 19.3 | 2002-2005+ |
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1996
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93 | 18.2 | 2004-2008 |
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Winery
Petaluma
A benchmark Australian wine company, Petaluma was initially established by Brian Croser and is today a newly acquired but key component of Accolade Wines. It recently moved into its new winery and cellar door at Woodside in the Adelaide Hills, which should provide the winemaking team with significantly more capacity to process fruit in these days of earlier and more condensed vintages. The current Petaluma white wines perform at their anticipated levels of quality, but the reds appear to have been affected by a lack of brightness and vivaciousness that could be attributed to unwanted levels of hang time before processing.
Chief Executive(s):
Michael East
Viticulturist:
Mike Harms
Production Dozen:
60,000
Tonnes Processed:
2000
White Wines
Chardonnay >
Essence Botrytis Semillon
Hanlin Hill Riesling >Project Riesling
Spatlese Rhine Riesling
Summertown Chardonnay
Tiers Chardonnay >Viognier >White Label Chardonnay
White Label Pinot Gris >White Label Sauvignon Blanc >Red Wines
Anova Cabernet Sauvignon >B and V Vineyard Shiraz >Coonawarra Cabernet Blend >Coonawarra Merlot >
Coonawarra Shiraz Cabernet
White Label Cabernet Sauvignon
White Label Shiraz
Address:
254 Pfeiffer Road , Woodside , South Australia 5244 Australia
Cellar Door Open Hours:
7 days, 10am - 5pm
Principal Wine Region:
Adelaide Hills,Clare Valley,Coonawarra
Telephone:
(08) 8339 9390
Website:
Email:
