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Briar Ridge Chardonnay

Briar Ridge Hand Picked (Formerly Rock Pile) Chardonnay

Lower Hunter Valley

Price Range at Release: $20-$29

Vintage: 2013

Alc %: 13.0

Last Date Tasted: 22/7/2014

Cellar
Drink Now
Maybe Too Old

Vintage	Score/100	Score/20	Year To Drink
2013	89	16.7	2015-2018+	Save item
2012	88	16.4	2014-2017	Save item
2010	89	16.7	2012-2015	Save item
2008	87	16.2	2010-2013	Save item
2007	89	16.7	2009-2012+	Save item
2006	90	17.0	2008-2011	Save item
2005	90	17.0	2007-2010+	Save item
2005	87	16.2	2007-2010	Save item
2004	88	16.4	2006-2009	Save item
2003	76	13.8	2003-2004	Save item
2002	90	17.0	2004-2007	Save item
2001	90	17.2	2003-2006+	Save item
2000	87	16.0	2002-2005	Save item
1999	82	15.0	2001-2004	Save item
1998	90	17.0	2000-2003+	Save item
1997	88	16.5	1999-2002	Save item
1996	93	18.0	2001-2004	Save item
1995	93	18.0	2003-2007	Save item
1994	90	17.2	1999-2002	Save item
1993	93	18.1	1998-2001	Save item
1992	86	15.8	1994-1997	Save item
1991	80	14.5	1996-1999	Save item
1990	91	17.4	1995-1998	Save item
1989	92	17.9	1994-1997	Save item
1988	80	14.5	1993-1996	Save item
1987	90	17.0	1992-1995	Save item

Winery

Briar Ridge

Briar Ridge is one of my favourite small Hunter makers. Its wines are very true to the regionŐs long- held traditions of elegance and complexity, although in honesty there's some smart, contemporary winemaking behind these wines as well. I have been a long-time fan of the Stockhausen wines and the recently introduced individual vineyard wines from the Dairy Hill site. Of these, I am very impressed with the succulent, finely crafted and delightfully balanced Semillon which, like many others from the region, delivered its best form in 2014.

Chief Executive(s):

Steve Davis

Winemaker:

Alex Beckett

Viticulturist:

Belinda Kelly, Liz Riley

Production Dozen:

8000

Tonnes Processed:

150