Tyrrell’s Vat 47 Chardonnay 2023
- 95
- $110
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Brilliant lifted aromatics present from the outset with quite intensely floral tones — melon, lavender, pear, white peach, white grapefruit, nuts, crushed rocks. There are allusions of flint and a substratum of quality cedar oak adding savoury complexity without interference. The palate is creamy and fulsome, though with a cut of precisely defined fruit adding lift — yellow apple, pear, white peach and lemon form the core with cedar oak, grilled nuts and floral tones dancing around the edges. The structure is brilliant here, with the firm acid and finely tuned phenolics coiling around the fleshy mid-palate and driving brilliant waves of concentrated length. A brilliant Vat 47 out of a year to remember in the Hunter.
Tom Kline is a wine writer, reviewer, presenter, and educator based in Victoria, Australia. He is the Australian correspondent for the internationally respected publications Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy and Jane Anson Inside Bordeaux, where he highlights the top tier of Australian wine for a global audience. Tom also writes for leading outlets including Decanter (UK), Wine Spectator (US), and Halliday Magazine, among others. An experienced wine show judge and WSET educator, he has authored several consumer-focused wine courses aimed at making wine more accessible and engaging. In 2023, Tom was awarded Best Published Feature Article or Wine Column at the prestigious Wine Communicator Awards, presented by Wine Communicators of Australia.
