PENFOLD'S Chardonnay 'Yattarna' Bin 144 2019 Bottle

Description

THE WINE ADVOCATE Rating: 97+
Drink Date: 2024 - 2039 - The 2019 Yattarna Chardonnay is flinty and reductive, with a toasty sulfide-riddled palate. There are notes of marmalade on cold toast, white flowers, green tea/matcha, white peach, pineapple lumps and clotted cream. The struck-match quality of the palate is beguiling to some (to me), and this carries through to the long finish. What a pleasure. - Reviewed by: Erin Larkin

DECANTER 97
Drinking Window: 2023 - 2039 - The introduction of a flinty spark to the nose shows that Yattarna has moved again in style, now standing proudly like a more rarefied, polished version of the impressive Reserve Bin A model. It allows the pristine fruit to speak in nuanced tones, its airy dance of lemon, mandarin and grapefruit notes swooping into a darker, sterner mid-palate, where delicate oak frames pristine white nectarine and adds just enough savoury bite. - Tasted by: David Sly

JANCIS ROBINSON 18+ points
Drink date 2021 - 2036 57% Tasmania, 32% Tumbarumba, 11% Adelaide Hills. Barrel-fermented. Powerful flinty aromas and smoky oak. Stylish, lengthy, perhaps less full than it used to be, but far from lean. You could slip this into a top-end burgundy tasting and nobody would blink. (RH)

JAMES SUCKLING 95 Points
23 Jul, 2021 – Instantly makes an impression of fruit intensity with yellow citrus and peaches. There’s a deep sense of complexity through barrel fermentation, adding pastry and nutty oak-spice aromas. The palate is deeply concentrated and grips the finish tight. A blend of Tasmania, Tumbarumba and Adelaide Hills. Drink or hold. Screw cap.

VINOUS 95 points
Drinking window: 2026 - 2036
Light, green-tinged yellow. Mineral-accented nectarine, Anjou pear, lemon pith, iodine and white flowers on the intensely perfumed nose. Taut and dry in the mouth, the 2019 offers concentrated orchard and citrus fruit flavors that are complemented by suggestions of sweet butter, tarragon and vanilla. Shows superb depth as well as energy, finishing minerally and impressively long, with lingering citrus fruit, oyster shell and floral notes. Made in 55% new French oak. - Josh Raynolds. Tasting date: July 2021