2017 Xanadu 'Stevens Road' Chardonnay - Museum Release
95 Points - James Halliday, Halliday Wine Companion
From the bottom 20 rows of the vineyard, Gingin clone, hand-picked, whole-bunch pressed, wild-fermented in French oak (25% new), stirred throughout 9 months maturation, no mlf. More elegant than many of Margaret River's best, lower alcohol and higher acidity one reason. Neither sibling relies on oak, this with a laser-bright singular flavour signature.
95 Points - Nick Stock, JamesSuckling.com
A very attractive array of bright and ripe lemons and white peaches on offer with a flinty edge. The palate is cool and composed with chalky nuances, as well as a fresh and crunchy kick of acidity that lights the tightly coiled finish.
93 Points - Huon Hooke, The Real Review
Light, bright yellow hue. The nose is oaky, grapefruity and relatively straightforward in its youth, with herb and green melon aromas, a light hand on the oak and bracing acidity to finish. A crisp, tangy, appetising wine. Intense, too, and long on the aftertaste. It's very youthful and fresh and clearly has a brilliant future.
93 Points - Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate
The 2017 Stevens Road Chardonnay is salty and has notes of capers, grilled peach and that same lanolin/cheesecloth character that is present in the Black Label. It is pithy, fine and textural. This is very good, showing more evolution in the fruit than some of the older wines on the table—classically 2017.
95 Points - James Halliday, Halliday Wine Companion
From the bottom 20 rows of the vineyard, Gingin clone, hand-picked, whole-bunch pressed, wild-fermented in French oak (25% new), stirred throughout 9 months maturation, no mlf. More elegant than many of Margaret River's best, lower alcohol and higher acidity one reason. Neither sibling relies on oak, this with a laser-bright singular flavour signature.
95 Points - Nick Stock, JamesSuckling.com
A very attractive array of bright and ripe lemons and white peaches on offer with a flinty edge. The palate is cool and composed with chalky nuances, as well as a fresh and crunchy kick of acidity that lights the tightly coiled finish.
93 Points - Huon Hooke, The Real Review
Light, bright yellow hue. The nose is oaky, grapefruity and relatively straightforward in its youth, with herb and green melon aromas, a light hand on the oak and bracing acidity to finish. A crisp, tangy, appetising wine. Intense, too, and long on the aftertaste. It's very youthful and fresh and clearly has a brilliant future.
93 Points - Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate
The 2017 Stevens Road Chardonnay is salty and has notes of capers, grilled peach and that same lanolin/cheesecloth character that is present in the Black Label. It is pithy, fine and textural. This is very good, showing more evolution in the fruit than some of the older wines on the table—classically 2017.
95 Points - James Halliday, Halliday Wine Companion
From the bottom 20 rows of the vineyard, Gingin clone, hand-picked, whole-bunch pressed, wild-fermented in French oak (25% new), stirred throughout 9 months maturation, no mlf. More elegant than many of Margaret River's best, lower alcohol and higher acidity one reason. Neither sibling relies on oak, this with a laser-bright singular flavour signature.
95 Points - Nick Stock, JamesSuckling.com
A very attractive array of bright and ripe lemons and white peaches on offer with a flinty edge. The palate is cool and composed with chalky nuances, as well as a fresh and crunchy kick of acidity that lights the tightly coiled finish.
93 Points - Huon Hooke, The Real Review
Light, bright yellow hue. The nose is oaky, grapefruity and relatively straightforward in its youth, with herb and green melon aromas, a light hand on the oak and bracing acidity to finish. A crisp, tangy, appetising wine. Intense, too, and long on the aftertaste. It's very youthful and fresh and clearly has a brilliant future.
93 Points - Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate
The 2017 Stevens Road Chardonnay is salty and has notes of capers, grilled peach and that same lanolin/cheesecloth character that is present in the Black Label. It is pithy, fine and textural. This is very good, showing more evolution in the fruit than some of the older wines on the table—classically 2017.
VINTAGE - 2017
VARIETAL - Chardonnay
COUNTRY - Australia
REGION - Margaret River
BOTTLE SIZE - 750ml
ABV - 13.0%
