パーカー94点！
5,500 円 （税抜き）
※4月から値上げになります。在庫あるうちにお早めに！容量：750ml単一畑「ウォンバット・クリーク・ヴィンヤード」はヤラ・ヴァレーのブドウ畑の中でも、標高が410mと最も高く、冷涼な気候を表現したワインを造るには理想的な場所。鉄分をベースとした火山性土壌は、柔らかく長い余韻と堅牢な味わいを生み出し、近隣のアップル・ジャック・ヴィンヤードの繊細な味わいとは異なる、上質なワインができます。ワイン造りでは手摘みで収穫後、全房圧搾を行いグラヴィティーシステムにより500Lのフレンチオークの大樽に移送されます。一部はマロラクティック発酵を実施し、その後フレンチオークで熟成を経てリリース。ヤラ・ヴァレーで最も標高の高い畑のブドウが使用されています。味わいは豊かな風味と力強い果実味が魅力で、魅惑的なスタイルをお愉しみいただけます。パーカーズ・ワインアドヴォケイト94点「This Wombat Creek Vineyard is farmed organically and is at the top of the mountain in Gladysdale, Yarra Valley (420 meters in elevation). In cool years such as 2022, organic management can be challenging, but the vineyard is on the way to certification. The 2022 Applejack Vineyard Chardonnay ended up being just half the volume of the Wombat Creek Vineyard (four puncheons, which is nothing new, as opposed to eight puncheons in the Applejack) and was taken out of oak four weeks earlier than the other cuvées. Only one of these Wombat Creek puncheons went through malolactic fermentation (i.e., 25% overall). The 2022 Wombat Creek Vineyard Chardonnay leads with a dusty, rocky, spicy nose layered with sandalwood, lemongrass, lemon pith and brine. In the mouth, the wine is tense and full; it's loaded with flavor and texture. The phenolics have a glassy texture through the mid-palate onward, and the vineyard is planted to I10V1 with a little bit of clone 76. This is a lovely wine. It is fleshy and sapid. 12.5% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.」 Halliday Wine Companion（ジェームス・ハリデー）94点 「From the marginal Wombat Creek vineyard planted at around 400m elevation in the early 1980s. Whole-bunch pressed to French puncheons (25% new), one-third mlf. Aromas of yellow grapefruit, gently poached apples, white peach and a little yuzu. With its mouth-watering acidity, this the most tightly wound of the four Giant Steps chardonnays in 2022. Finishes chalky and long, but it needs another six to 12 months to fill out a little. Drink 2022 - 2027.」 ジェームス・サックリン94点「Discreet and a little more subdued than its siblings. The highest vineyard in the Yarra. Despite being gently mid-weighted with lower alcohol, this feels softer and looser at the seams, while still typically intense. Bitter almond, lemon zest, nectarine and pistachio accents roll across a skein of tangerine freshness and cinnamon oak. Oatmeal lees at the core. The finish is exceptionally long and effusive of energy. Drinkable now, but best from 2025.」 ザ・ワイン・フロント94＋点「Vines here are now 40 years old, which is pretty remarkable in Yarra Valley terms. It’s the highest, coolest and most southerly of the single vineyard chardonnay sites. Custard powder, florals, wild on the nose but then cool on the palate. They make four barrels of this; two of the four are allowed to go through malo. You wouldn’t know. There’s a creaminess here but there’s cut, there’s savouriness, there are green herb and grapefruit notes and there’s smoke. This could be anything in a few years. Anything, I tell you. But it needs some time to add flesh. Drink 2026 - 2030+」 The Real Review95点「Youthful and lively in the glass. Complex aromas of grapefruit, melon skin, mineral and just-ripe stone fruit, teaming nicely with a mealy nuttiness. Focused and precise on the palate. Up front, there's a core of citrus and nectarine at play, then a swift punch of minerally acidity kicks in and keeps all taut and fine. Plenty of texture and lovely mouth-feel. A very complete wine.」
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