TAPANAPPA TIERS CHARDONNAY 2023

Style: Savoury & Detailed

Tapanappa is the continuation of the 40-year mission of pioneering winemaker Brian Croser and his family to make world-class wines from the most ¿Distinguished Sites¿ in South Australia. The Tiers Vineyard was planted in 1979, the first vineyard in the Piccadilly Valley since the 19th century. The vineyard is close spaced and vertical canopy, the first of this quality focussed design in Australia. The clone of Chardonnay in ¿old¿ Tiers is of unknown origins but probably relates to the first introduction of Chardonnay vines to Australia in the 19th century.  The name ¿Tapanappa¿ is inspired by the 550-million-year-old geological formation that underlies the Fleurieu Peninsula where we have our newest vineyard, Foggy Hill. The word Tapanappa is derived from the local aboriginal language, implying ¿sticking to the path¿. TAPANAPPA

Pear, grapefruit and lemon oil, almond meal and biscuit spices. It¿s a bright and tight wine, a distinctly citrus-laced line of acidity, grapefruit, green olive and honey lemon, it¿s flinty too, though has a light creamy cashew gloss to temper, and the finish is long with a zesty aftertaste. This seems like a long term wine, and while it¿s kind of brittle as at now, its intensity and length mark it out as a classic Chardonnay. GARY WALSH, The Wine Front

Region: Piccadilly Valley, SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Variety: Chardonnay

ABV: 12.5%

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