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Henschke Croft Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2017

96 POINT RATED JAMES SUCKLING & 94 POINT RATED CAMPBELL MATTINSON ADELAIDE HILLS CHARDONNAY

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96 POINT RATED JAMES SUCKLING
94 POINT RATED CAMPBELL MATTINSON THE WINE FRONT
92 POINT RATED JAMES HALLIDAY WINE COMPANION
91 POINT RATED WINE ENTHUSIAST MAGAZINE

Specifications:

Vintage:	2017
Source/Region:	Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Grape Variety:	Chardonnay
Cellaring:	Drink now
Bottle Top:	Stelvin
Alcohol Content:	13.50
Standard Drinks:	8.30
Rating:	96

Tasting Notes:

Pale gold in colour. Pure yellow pear, white peach and melon aromas, with hints of tropical fruit, clove, vanilla and creamy cashew and hazelnut. A complex palate of concentrated ripe yellow pear, white peach, stone-fruit and clove spice flavours are complemented by lush, textural layers of intense ripe nectarine acidity, and extraordinary balance, for a long, clean finish.

Technical:

Fifth-generation winemaker Stephen Henschke and his wife Prue purchased the Lenswood property in the Adelaide Hills in 1981. At 550m, the Lenswood vineyards offer not only magnificent views over the traditional vine country but also higher rainfall and humidity at the right time of the year, cooler temperatures to retain high natural acidity, and still enough sunshine to fully ripen the grapes. The chardonnay vineyard, which consists of seven clones, has taken its name from Frederick Croft, an orchardist who took up a neighbouring property in 1938 100% chardonnay grapes grown on the Henschke Lenswood vineyard in the Adelaide Hills.

Matured in 16% new and 84% seasoned French barriques for 10 months prior to blending and bottling.

Accolades & Awards:

96 Point Rated - James Suckling

"A cooler vintage has delivered a rich and complex chardonnay with such supple, fine, layered white peaches and grilled hazelnuts on the palate. Peach-sorbet-like texture that’s compact and long. Excellent purity and poise."

94 Point Rated - Campbell Mattinson The Wine Front

"If you’re going to let oak off the chain then a) marry it perfectly to the fruit and b) make it sexy oak. This is a seriously delicious chardonnay, mouthwatering yet powerful, smooched with oak but balanced on a pinhead. The refreshing wash of the finish is quite something; it makes for delightful drinking."

92 Point Rated - James Halliday Wine Companion

"Matured in French barriques (14% new) for 10 months. Obviously, limited oak involvement, but the tension in the fruit on the palate makes oak a non-issue in any event. Some may want more depth, others won't."

91 Point Rated - Wine Enthusiast Magazine

"This vintage of Henschke’s Adelaide Hills Chard is a bit reductive and flinty at the moment. Grapefruit and salty characters lurk beneath. It’s the palate that wins you over, although it needs air as well. A tightrope walk of gravelly texture, crystalline acidity, salty and stony minerality, and yeasty orchard fruit and citrus, this is clearly meant for the dinner table or the cellar."

90 Point Rated - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

"Delicate scents of toasted grain and white peaches mark the nose of the 2017 Croft Chardonnay. On the palate, it's medium-bodied, tart and even a bit austere, with notes of underripe peaches and green plums that turn citrusy on the long finish. While not very generous at the moment, it's tightly wound and should blossom in another year or two, then drink well for 6-7 years."

Huon Hooke The Real Review

"Light yellow colour. The bouquet is fresh and clean, with some oaky nuttiness, cashew nut and creamy sur-lie notes. The palate is bright and slightly firm, almost hard, with good balance and proportions, but not complex or detailed. But it is very youthful and begs for more time."