2014 Reserve Bin A Adelaide Hills Chardonnay

Concise, Complex, Complete. If only linear began with a C.

Peter Gago, Penfolds chief winemaker

92+/100

Having spent nine months in French oak barriques (82% new), the naturally fermented 2014 Reserve Bin 14A Adelaide Hills Chardonnay opens with a pronounced tropical fruit and apricot-laced nose with plenty of meal and cashew hints plus pleasant whiffs of struck match and cedar.

The palate reveals wonderful intensity and a satiny texture packed into an elegant light body with layered stone fruit and nut characters and a good long finish.

Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, www.robertparker.com

92/100

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