Claus Bentin

9.7

Simply one of The Best overseas chardonnay's i have ever tastet.
Lot's of citrus notes and in very good shape!!
Brilliant vine!! — 9 years ago

Casey @ Travelling Corkscrew

10

I received not 1 but 2 of these lovely little bottles as part of my $150 per month PCC subscription this month.

A mesmerising white gold on the eye. Smells of delicious happiness with side notes of pineapple and grapefruit. On the palate it brings back memories of 20 year old me drinking this with my workmates at Glengarry prior to heading overseas. Not a bad tipple at your leaving party hey. Flavours of lemon curd on scones with a powerful yet royally elegant mousse (mouthfeel). This is the Champas which showed me there's more to French Champagne than Moët and Veuve and I have to admit it hauntingly really did evoke memories from when I tried it 10 years ago, if my taste buds are on the ball then that just goes to show how consistent Pol Roger NV is! — 10 years ago

Dorit Handrus

9.0

I really need to live NOT overseas from Europe. This just has a completely different everything about it here. — 10 years ago

david decker

9.2

So this is the stuff they don't send overseas - very bright, fruit forward, fun wine. It was only 18 euros, we bought a bunch to drink along the way! — 10 years ago

Carlo Mondavi

Owner/Winegrower RAEN Winery, Partner Continuum

10

I am not very fond of sweet wines but this wine was incredible (wine of the night)! Screaming acidity from a great producer and vintage... I enjoyed this with the man who bottled this in 1972... He worked here for a year and made $1.62 per hour during a time when working overseas was rare. This was the only bottle he brought back... Young fresh and vibrant! — 11 years ago

markus gould

9.0

i'm most certainly not here to advise winemakers or bring their style up to speed.

but i can say imho overseas, especially many australian and californian winemakers produce much more elegant and harmonic liquids these days than let's say 10 years earlier, to leave supermarkt items out in the cold.
this specific wine is an example of barossa terroir, of syrah AND of ripe but cool fruit (predominantly cassis) - not jammy at all. full of spices but not too loud, herbs, fascinating mouthfeel.
well done! — 10 years ago

Jonathan S

9.3

Raspberry and blackberry nose with slight rose petal notes. Pomegranate red colour. Medium body with well balanced red and black berry fruit sweetness and acidity (medium plus). Mouthwatering juicy and tangy mouthfeel. On the palate is a ripe red raspberry and blackberry platter with features of ripe cherries and a medium minus feature of french oak foundation. Well structured acidity and fruit with medium minus presence of tannins. Personable of low sweetness strawberry purée from a weathered cedar plank goblet. This is an excellent Italian competitor of a Paso Robles Californian Zinfandel with shared DNA structure ( overseas family). Enjoy with pulled pork nachos or chipotle chicken with smoked cheddar pizza. — 11 years ago