2009 DENTON CHARDONNAY
TOP GOLD WINE, VICTORIAN WINES SHOW, 2011
Judges comments: Very strong class. Top Gold an absolute beauty.
NICK STOCK, THE AGE GOOD WINE GUIDE 2012Grown across at Yarra Glen and vintaged across at Oakridge, this is a neat, elegant style of chardonnay, with gentle flinty complexity cast across fragrant stone fruits and melon. The palate's direct, even and very balanced, and there's honeysuckle through the finish - it's all here.
DAN MURPHY'S 2012
Sourced from a rare patch of granitic soils with a heat protected easterly aspect, the Denton is made by pressing grapes directly into the puncheon, without acidification, malo or the influence of new oak. The result is a textural yet tightly coiled wine that relies on fruit-derived complexity and acid backbone.
JAMES HALLIDAY, AUSTRALIAN WINE COMPANION
2012 Edition
Mid-gold, bright; tightly wound and pure pear bouquet with accents of clove and ginger; vibrant and crunchy acidity provides detail, while the succulent fruit gives the wine length and generosity; a vibrant and pure expression of the region. Rating 94.
WINESTATE
March/April 2011 Vol 34 Issue 2
Tight and austere but very classy wine with nice persistence of nectarine/peach flavours and high acid.
DECANTER, AUSTRALIAN CHARDONNAY PANEL TASTING
March 2011
Honeydew melon, minerals, oak, rind, greenapple and lemon aromas. Racy and taut with ripe fruit, minerals and a lovely structure. On the leaner side. Drink 2011-14.
HUON HOOKE, huonhooke.com
January 2011
Light yellow. Shy nose of dusty oak and a touch of nougat. Edgy, a trace of acetate? Hint of pineapple. Sweet ripe fruit flavours, soft and round, full and taut. Modest length, a trifle unintegrated. Trace of sweetness. Nice wine. A touch of thickness and alcohol heat on finish.
WINEWISE, VOLUME 26, NUMBER 5
December 2010
A grapefruit/tropical chardonnay with a slight lees nuttiness and a strong backbone of acidity.
