PV Tasting Notes
This Margaret River Chardonnay offers an impressive mix of cool grapefruit zest, white peach, oregano, a bouquet of meadow flowers with some light spice, on the palate its minerality allied to the peach and lime/grapefruit citrus pleases. Slightly lighter in body/style with a fine richness, beautifully elegant, finishes with an irresistible juiciness which interchanges between luscious fruit and shimmering minerality. Tasted April 2011
Independent Review91 Points Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate Aug 2011
Barrel fermented with wild yeast in French oak, 34% new, and matured for 10 months in oak, the 2010 Chardonnay offers a youthfully closed nose of fresh peaches and cream, cedar, lightly toasted bread and apple tart. Medium bodied and packed with nervy flavor intensity in the mouth, it has crisp acidity and a silken texture, finishing long with lingering honeyed toast notes. Still very tight, consider drinking it 2012 to 2016+.
90 Points Steve Tanzer's International Wine Cellar Aug 2011
Light yellow. Nectarine and lemon curd on the nose, with complicating notes of smoky lees and white flowers. Spicy, gently sweet orchard fruit flavors show very good depth and clarity, picking up a toasty note on the back half. Finishes broad and smooth, with the nectarine and spice notes repeating. This is already delicious but its depth suggests it will reward aging. 90 points
Serve this with any fish or seafood in a buttery sauce and you’ll be in heaven also suits white fish simply grilled or meunière, Dover Sole, Turbot, Halibut, Brill, Scallops, Roast Veal, organic Chicken stuffed with herbs or truffles under the skin.
Vasse Felix was the first commercial vineyard and winery to be established in the Margaret River region of Western Australia. Today they produce a formidable range of wines that rank among the finest released in the state each year. In some years the Chardonnays and Cabernets are exceptional, at the top end are the Heytesbury wines, talk about power and style, these wines have them in abundance.