A Tale Of Two Chardonnays.
The first...a wine I 'discovered' about 6 months ago. Ordered it after reading high praise in a Decanter tasting...and willing to try the 'new' Australia...it has taken that long for the wine to come from Australia via Belgium to Germany. Left to 'relax' after that trip...it needed to be tried to see how good it really is.
Bird In Hand Nest Egg Chardonnay 2008 Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Smokey oak...a real old fashioned Chardonnay smell...nutty. The palate shows a creamy texture...very crème brûlée...
with some refreshing minerality. Drinking over two days..the oak is fairly dominant on the lips...and needs a year or two to integrate. Potential... Points 17.5
Very little white Austrian in the cellar...after a warm Autumn...so I needed to replenish. Lots of Grüner Veltliner...and this Chardonnay. As different again as two wines could be...
Johann Topf Strasser ChardonnayRied Hasel 2008
Kamptal, Austria
Minerals dominate here...the grape is masked at first but slowly developed. Exotic fruit...and compared to the Aussie...a reserved vanilla aroma. Green apple flavour...this begs you to leave
this a year or two...but for different reasons again to the above...zippy acidity this time. Points 17
My wife makes the best Hamburgers...Impossible to eat with the hands though...
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