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Paradise IV Chardonnay 2012
Elegant and sweetly fruited, this pungent and lightly meaty, funky young chardonnay has quite an deep yellow colour and reveals a spicy and floral bouquet of sweet melon, citrus, tropical fruits and vanilla oak backed by waxy complexity. Medium to full-bodied, it’s forward and juicy with an intense core of very closed grapefruit, lemon and stonefruit flavour that slowly extends towards a fine, crystalline, citrus and faintly mineral finish. Let it breathe if you open it now.
Vintage
2012
Year to Drink
2017 - 2020+
Jeremy’s score
94 / 100
Seal Type
Screw top
Paradise IV Chardonnay
Geelong
Price Range at Release: $50-$99
Vintage: 2018
Alc %: 13.6
$ Rel: 65
Elegant and sweetly fruited, this pungent and lightly meaty, funky young chardonnay has quite an deep yellow colour and reveals a spicy and floral bouquet of sweet melon, citrus, tropical fruits and vanilla oak backed by waxy complexity. Medium to full-bodied, it's forward and juicy with an intense core of very closed grapefruit, lemon and stonefruit flavour that slowly extends towards a fine, crystalline, citrus and faintly mineral finish. Let it breathe if you open it now.
Last Date Tasted: 22/2/2020
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Winery
Paradise IV
Paradise IV is one of the most sought-after labels in Victorian wine. It sits at the cutting edge of where cool climate Victoria is destined to head -Ę towards distinctive and unique expressions of special terroirs using a carefully chosen marriage of site, variety and philosophy. The Chardonnay is by some margin the finest from the Geelong region while the elegant, medium-weight and savoury Dardel Shiraz is a wine of international stature and greatness. Sadly -Ę to put it mildly -Ę its owners ripped up the vineyard prior to the 2019 harvest. Fortunately, for the immediate future at least, the spectacular 2017 vintage is in barrel and the 2018 wines are happily brooding in oak.
Chief Executive(s):
Graham Bonney, Douglas Neal
Winemaker:
Douglas Neal
Viticulturist:
Graham Bonney
Production Dozen:
700-800
Tonnes Processed:
7-Oct
Red Wines
Address:
45 Dog Rocks Road , Batesford , Victoria 3213 Australia
Cellar Door Open Hours:
By appointment
Principal Wine Region:
Geelong
Telephone:
(03) 5276 1536
Facsimile:
(03) 5276 1665
Website:
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