Tapanappa Tiers Vineyard 1.5m Chardonnay 2022

The Tiers Vineyard is in the second coolest and the wettest location in South Australia, the Piccadilly Valley. It is absolutely suited to Chardonnay being an almost perfect homo-clime of Burgundy and especially mirrors the southern end of the Cotes de Beaune where the great Montrachets are grown.

Tapanappa Tiers Vineyard 1.5m Chardonnay 2022 is a truly outstanding vintage examples of the Tiers special terroir. The late ripening of a small crop in cool, dry and sunny conditions, has defined a near perfect expression of Chardonnay from the unique and distinguished Tiers 1.5M Vineyard terroir. A buttercup green-yellow colour, the aroma is more of white peach than nectarine and with the slight brioche and cinnamon-vanilla complexity of the yeast and oak. The flavour is intense and very fruit ripe and fresh. The aroma is dominated by the intensity of the Chardonnay fruit. The flavour is intense reflecting the aroma with exceptional length of flavour. The trade-mark Tiers fruit sweetness and texture is offset by the acid and grapefruit finishing cut of the Tiers Vineyard. 

It’s driven by limey acidity and while its quality is clear from the outset, it really comes into its own once its pear flavours are allowed to reach full voice, and its sweet-spicy oak settles in, and its tinned peach characters reach an equal pitch to the lime-like notes. It’s then a glorious chardonnay, flavoursome and refreshing, long and sophisticated, full of run and yet measured and controlled at the same time. - Campbell Mattison, The Wine Front, 95 Points.

The Finer Details
Style - White Wine
Varietal - Chardonnay
Country - Australia
Region - Piccadilly Valley, South Australia
Vintage - 2022
Bottle Size - 750ml
ABV - 13.5%