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Delamere Chardonnay 2012
Evolved and complex this lean and rather funky winemaker-driven chardonnay should age well over the medium term Its meaty and reductive with layered scents of melon peach dried flowers and minerals While its oak is fractionally overt and its acids slightly edgy it will discover more balance with time It already reveals some appealing fleshiness and richness and should continue to build weight Keep it for a year to two yet
Vintage
2012
Year to Drink
2017 - 2020
Jeremy’s score
93 / 100
Seal Type
Screw top
Delamere Chardonnay
Pipers River
Price Range at Release: $50-$99
Vintage: 2023
Alc %: 13.0
$ Rel: 70
Evolved and complex this lean and rather funky winemaker-driven chardonnay should age well over the medium term Its meaty and reductive with layered scents of melon peach dried flowers and minerals While its oak is fractionally overt and its acids slightly edgy it will discover more balance with time It already reveals some appealing fleshiness and richness and should continue to build weight Keep it for a year to two yet
Last Date Tasted: 08/08/2024
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Winery
Delamere
Shane Holloway and Fran Austin are a young couple who have turned up in Northern Tasmania from the Adelaide Hills and Kalgoorlie (WA) respectively. Their combined experience and the track record they have already assembled at Delamere suggests that this will be a label worth watching, potential already realised from the 2012 vintage onwards. While the non-vintage sparkling wines are well worthy of attention, I have a very soft spot for the very stylish and savoury vintage Blanc de Blanc, even if the 2012 edition was perhaps a little heavily worked for its depth of fruit and forward nature.
Chief Executive(s):
Shane Holloway, Fran Austin
Winemaker:
Shane Holloway, Fran Austin
Viticulturist:
Shane Holloway, Fran Austin
Production Dozen:
6000
Tonnes Processed:
149
Address:
4238 Bridport Road , Pipers Brook , Tasmania 7254 Australia
Cellar Door Open Hours:
7 days, 10am - 7pm, Closed Christmas & Easter
Principal Wine Region:
Pipers River
Telephone:
(03) 6382 7190
Facsimile:
(03) 6382 7250
Website:
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