After 12 months barrel ageing this is a creamy and attractively opulent wine with
layers of pineapple, bran biscuit and sweet oak offering impressive power and length.
The wine will benefit from bottle ageing and we recommend to enjoy it between now and 2011.
Enjoyable now, this estate-grown wine was hand-harvested at over 24 brix and matured in seasoned French and American oak barrels. Pale yellow, it is sturdy (14.5% alc/vol) and smooth, with very good depth of fresh peach and grapefruit flavours, moderately complex and slightly buttery.Sue Courtney - Wine of the Week
Blackenbrook Chardonnay 2008 is creamy and buttery with a touch of pineapple and tropical guava and a savoury backbone. I wrote 'Good Chard!' and noted it was rather easy drinking.