Seppelt Jaluka Chardonnay
Henty
Price Range at Release: $20-$29
Vintage: 2018
Alc %: 12.5
Charmingly elegant, with sweetly oaked lemon and melon, grapefruit and creamy nougat notes; round, generous and waxy with a lingering core of fruit, a powdery spine and a soft acidity.
Last Date Tasted: 18/5/2019
Vintage
Score/100
Score/20
Year To Drink
2018
9217.7

2023-2026+

2017
9217.8

2022-2025+

2016
9318.0

2021-2024+

2015
9418.5

2023-2027

2012
9518.6

2020-2024+

2011
9217.9

2016-2019+

2010
9117.6

2015-2018+

2009
9117.6

2011-2014

2008
8615.8

2009-2010+

2007
9318.2

2009-2012+

2006
8716.0

2007-2008+

2005
9418.5

2007-2010+

2004
9318.0

2006-2009+

2003
9017.0

2005-2008+

2002
8816.5

2003-2004+

Winery

The Seppelt team continue to produce thrilling wine as they thoroughly over-deliver from the bottom to the top of their extensive range of Victorian wine. A list of edited highlights hardly looks edited at all Today Seppelt releases an increasing number of individual vineyard wines of the highest standard -Ę including two Five-Star wines of genuine Grand Cru status in the St Peters Shiraz and Drumborg Riesling -Ę plus a series of regional blends and two remarkable sparkling shirazes, all sharing the same stamp of elegance, balance, textural and savoury charm. There's a strong sense of aspiration and pride throughout this range -Ę it's hard to escape the feeling that the least expensive wines are made to the same parameters of style and quality as the elite. The range is being redressed again as part of a new focus to take Seppelt to the world. What a shame that its over-fussed labels now feature detail such as the number of hectares planted at the Drumborg Vineyard (when the Drumborg wines are but a small selection from this) and feature the word 'Varietal' ahead of the correct 'Variety'. Labels are not the place to show a lack of wine smarts.
Chief Executive(s):
Tim Ford
Winemaker:
Clare Dry
Viticulturist:
Andrea Hart, Larry Sadler
Address:
36 Cemetery Road , Great Western , Victoria 3374 Australia
Cellar Door Open Hours:
7 days, 10am - 5pm
Principal Wine Region:
Grampians, Henty, Heathcote, Bendigo
Telephone:
(03) 5361 2239
Facsimile:
(03) 5361 2328
Website:
Email:
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