After selling Petaluma in 2001, Brian Croser founded Tapanappa. His most famous wine is his Chardonnay from the Tiers vineyard in the Piccadilly Valley, Adelaide Hills. The grapes come from the oldest Chardonnay vines in the valley, planted in 1979. Enters the 1.5m. This is a block of the vineyard replanted in 2003, to Burgundian clones, and only spaced 1.5 meters apart - clearly an attempt to copy Burgundy.
The flavours of this 2017 Tapanappa Tiers Vineyard 1.5m Chardonnay are complex. There is green apple, pear, pineapple, no citrus in sight. There are hazelnut flavours, probably from the oak. The acidity is a little shy, but is clearly there. The wine delivers quite a full mouthfeel. It shows some development.
I found the overall flavour profile dull, and did not warm to this wine. (As an aside, if you look at the picture carefully, you will detect an edge of a Singapore Airlines uniform. This wine was consumed on a plane, which would not have helped the assessment)
Score: 94/0
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