Wandin Valley Estate Reserve Chardonnay 2008

"Lots of smoky, toasty barrel-ferment character here, with an intense, firm, tightly coiled palate which is taut, dry and long. It has a touch of austerity and needs more time."

90 POINTS
WINE Magazine Top 100 New Releases Dec / Jan 2010 – Huon Hooke

As well as receiving a 4 ½ Stars 2010 James Halliday Winery Rating Wandin Valley Wines has won many medals and high praise in the press.

"…The wine is green-tinted straw and has orange blossom and honeysuckle scents. Big, bright passionfruit flavour shows on the palate and cumquat marmalade, pineapple and brioche elements integrate on the middle palate."

"…This well priced red is a blend of Hunter Valley and McLaren Vale fruit which shows plenty of vanillin oak and fine, ripe tannins, balanced by the weight and depth of rich, concentrated dark-plum flavours."

"Strongly regional, with very good concentration of red fruits and a hint of savoury leather, spice and roast meats; the palate is dense but bright, and shows a nice leathery complexity on the finish."

"Wandin Valley Estate's wine quality has been on the rise of late.Tight & intense. Excellent quality too. Peaches and lemons, nuts and yeast. Suggests at richness but then coils tight on the finish."