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Mount Riley Seventeen Valley Chardonnay 2009 Michael Cooper's Buyers Guide to New Zealand Wines 2012 The 2009 vintage (*****) is the best yet. Hand-picked, fermented with indigenous yeasts in new and seasoned French oak barrels. Fresh, full-bodied and finely textured, it is slightly creamy and toasty, with sweet-fruit delights, tropical-fruit flavours, gentle acidity, and excellent complexity and richness. Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 91+ Barrel fermented in new and seasoned barrels using indigenous yeast, the 2009 17 Valley Chardonnay displays a moderate intensity of stone fruit, meal and cream aromas with a whiff of sulphide/struck match character. Crisp, medium bodied and concentrated, it has a suggestion of silkiness coating the mouth and a long creamy finish. Delicious now, it is likely to open more developing over the next 1-3 years and drinking to 2015+. Sunday Star Times 6 June 2010 Jane Skilton Master of Wine Judged the best New Zealand Chardonnay at the International Chardonnay Challenge, it is easy to see why. Seamless and elegant. Wine NZ Magazine Autumn 2011 - Top 5 over $25 Smoky oak on the nose. Ripe stone-fruit is complemented by tropical fruits, nuts and a touch of flint. There's really nice mouth feel too; creamy textured yet with really firm bracing acidity. Excellent depth of flavour on the palate. 5 Stars Winestate, July/August Issue 2010 Classy, concentrated, fully barrel-fermented style. Rich bouquet, with lovely depth of ripe, peachy, slightly appley and spicy flavours, a distinct hint of butterscotch, and notable complexity and harmony. Best yet of this label. |