Scarborough

Yellow Label Chardonnay

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  Vintage 2009
  4 glasses points Taste - Herald Sun

There''s a heady blossom and fruit richness to begin, then a superb balancing act of oak and ferment characters and superfine textures that all work together in a well-mannered style. A real chardonnay with genuine winemaking behind it. 

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  Vintage 2009
  91 points The Wine Front

It's a much more refined style than it used to be - once upon a time, big and buttery - but now, no longer. Nectarine, spice, lemon and pineapple. It's lively and zesty with fresh pineapple-like acidity that's slightly too keen, but delivers flavour in a shapely and fairly precise manner. Some lemon sherbet flavour in there too. Perhaps a little higher than its stated 13.5% alcohol, or just feels it, but there's a lot to like here at a fair price, minor quibbles aside.