XanaduReserve Chardonnay 2012
Dry, Medium Bodied style of Chardonnay
Margaret River, Australia
About this product
Dry, Medium Bodied style of ChardonnayMargaret River, Australia
- TypeChardonnay
- Size750mL
- RegionMargaret River
- Current Vintage2012
- Standard Drinks7.7
- Alcohol Volume13%
- CountryAustralia
- StateWestern Australia
- Brand NameXanadu
- Wine MakerGlenn Goodall
- Food MatchFrench
- ClosureScrew Cap
- Wine SweetnessDry
- Wine BodyMedium Bodied
WINEMAKER OF THE YEAR - Ray Jordan West Australian Wine Guide 2015; GOLD - Perth Royal Wine Show 2015; GOLD - Margaret River Wine Show 2015; GOLD - Margaret River Wine Show 2014; GOLD - National Wine Show of Australia 2014; GOLD - Royal Melbourne Wine Show 2014; GOLD - Royal Melbourne Wine Show 2013; GOLD - Qantas Wine Show of Western Australia 2013; GOLD - [Blue Gold & Top 100] Sydney International Wine Competition 2012.
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Tyson Stelzer
Young Australian author and wine critic for tysonstelzer.com
Vintage 2012
96 points
Exacting craftsmanship on display in an exceptional season, Xanadu has secured its position within Australia’s top chardonnay set with breathtaking white floral fragrance, exactingly honed precision, magnificent intensity, endurance and poise. Oak hovers subliminally under the fruit, propelling taut grapefruit, lemon and white peach fruit with tension and generosity, graceful elegance and confidence. The finish is very long, seamless and quite magnificent.
James Halliday
Australian wine writer, critic and winemaker
Vintage 2012
96 points Halliday Wine Companion
Made from a selection of extremely low-yielding parcels of grapes from the original Lagan Vineyard. This to one side, the vinification was the same as that of the standard wine. The fruit flavour and structure are radically different, with all the focus on stone fruit, led by white peach and nectarine, and with a gentleness, almost delicacy, on the palate - deceptive, particularly given the time it spent in French oak.
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