Tolpuddle Vineyard Chardonnay 2019

Professional Ratings

• 98 James Suckling

  This has power and complexity and the right grade of reductive flair, overlaid on fresh yellow grapefruit and peach with flint and wet chalk, as well as attractive oak in the background. The palate has mouthwatering white-peach and lemon flavors with a deep draw of acidity that drives the finish in really deep, precise and fresh. Lip-smacking resolve here. Elegance, poise and whip-cracking freshness. Drink over the next six years. Screw cap.

• 97 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

  The 2019 Chardonnay is the very image of Tasmanian Chardonnay—powerful fruit is wrapped around a glass core of acidity and shaped by flowing phenolics in the mouth. This is a muscular wine of pure form and has finely chiseled layers of stone fruit, brine and the beginnings of almond meal soaked in brine. There is also curry leaf, some mustard seed, freshly grated nutmeg and even some Greek yogurt. Best After 2022

• 94 Wine Enthusiast

  Tolpuddle has quickly risen in the ranks to become one of Australia’s most renowned single vineyards. The Chard is a rich, polished style that won’t be for everyone, but is still all class. Reductive notes of oyster shell and gun flint perch neatly beside baked apple, nougat and high-end oak on the nose. The palate carries out the nose’s promises of richness albeit with a good deal of refreshment. (This is cool climate territory after all.). Sleek, slippery and made for the long haul (drink until 2036, at least), this is a nod to Burgundy with Tassie roots.