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Smells great, mixing lemon meringue pie with pears, vanilla and tropical fruit. So what happened? The midpalate is fat, the flavors are simpler and the finish a touch metallic. 1 Note
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Grassy on the nose, with a citrus base. Has a tiny bit of sweetness on the front palate, like a dot of confectioner’s sugar, which is only a minor distraction. Stone fruit and a dusty-talc feel segues to a fresh, pretty finish that tastes like clean rainwater and peach purée. Sound too fairytale and frou-frou to be true? Taste it. 1 Note
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Light green pea and yellow fruit aromas; palate has peach and pear flavors, with just a hint of vanilla. This vintage, this Chard was barrel fermented for 3-4 weeks in what winemaker Chris Dix calls an "almost unwooded style." Future vintages, he says, will get more oak. 1 Note
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Brilliant fruit powers this delightful wine, at such a great price. Aromas of kiwi and lime explode from the glass with herbal, smoky overtones. In the mouth, it’s a lusty wine, filled with lime and grapefruit flavors and intense acidity. Scouringly clean and dry. 1 Note
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The Aussies like to mix and match their white grapes: Here it’s Sémillon, Sauvignon Blanc, and Chardonnay in descending amounts, and with great results. Pleasant and floral-smelling, with just a whiff of enticing mint or grass. In the mouth, it’s the all-out fruit-bowl approach, with lime and peach most vivid. Juicy, clean, acidic and fresh. A perfect apéritif wine. Best Buy. 1 Note
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Wood and apple aromas open this wine, and the profile continues onto the palate. Fairly weighty in the mouth, but the body is almost all from the oak. Closes rather one-dimensionally, too, with quite heavy wood that suppresses the fruit. 1 Note
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Lindemans knows how to make crowd-pleasers. Lots of oak over the pineappley tropical fruit. Closes with a full, satisfying finish and tastes similar to (and as good as) many more expensive wines. Its less-expensive Bin 65 Chardonnay is also good, but the Padthaway is somewhat larger-scaled and more complex. 1 Note
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Like Reilly’s Watervale bottling, this will certainly inspire debate. The nose offers pineapple, resin and waxy melon, and the palate deals a similar waxy, tart, Pixie-Stix kind of profile. I admire its tanginess and intensity—less enamored with the bulky feel—but its flavors are certainly atypical. Imported by Southern Starz, Inc. 1 Note
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Lindemans Chardonnay - 2001
