Tyrrell's Vat 47 Chardonnay 2022 (1500ml)

Tyrrell's Vat 47 Chardonnay 2022 (1500ml)The first Tyrrell's Vat 47 was produced in 1971 from grapes grown on the Short Flat Vineyard. Tyrrell's claims that Vat 47 was the first commercial chardonnay produced in Australia. The wine baffled many wine buffs on debut, but over 50 years later (the 2022 vintage is the 51st vintage), Vat 47 is recognised as one of the very best expressions of chardonnay in this country. "The cool season resulted in a wine with remarkable tension on the front

"This starts with a deeply spicy and brooding nose that packs plenty of (100% new) American oak

Beautifully balanced acid and tannin with a long

blood plum and a fleck of red and black currant

"Massena was established at the turn of the century by Jaysen Collins and Dan Standish

"  Stuart Knox

spices and black pepper

seeing that and trying to recover from it was probably one of the worst things

This is one of the most delicate of Arft Series chardies

cedar and tar

but has the fruit to balance those enormous tannins

"  Toni Paterson

"  Tuesday Blind Tastings - 96 points