2023 Chardonnay
OFFER PRICE $54
94 Points
"Juicy, tongue-teasing and twisting, green melon with a sprinkle of salt and squeeze of lime. Toned well, something you’d call a great balance. Feels young and fresh, rightly so, a bit creamy, yoghurty, with cedar spice to finish, nutmeg and cinnamon. Frisky and youthful, but feels like it went to a good school and comes from a good house. Which it does!"
Kasia Sobiesiak, THE WINE FRONT
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2024 Chardonnay
OFFER PRICE $54
"Fermented in French oak as well as a concrete sphere, the resulting wine is a delightful blend of abundant orchard fruits and crisp acidity, creating an elegant harmony between unwooded and traditional barrel-aged Chardonnay. The wine boasts a refined body and a gentle creaminess that gracefully concludes the palate."
Anna Pooley, WINEMAKER
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2024 Pinot Noir
OFFER PRICE $57
94 Points
"Fruit sourced from Butcher’s Hill, Cooinda Vale and select vineyards from the Tamar and Coal River Valleys.
Earth, spice, blackberry and raspberry, ironstone. It’s medium-bodied, some dried herb and savoury things, a dusting of black pepper, a grainy graphite chew to tannin, a little zip and tang to acidity, though it’s settled and balanced. Some dried cherry, earthy and ‘mineral’ to close on a finish of excellent length. It’s a wine of presence and character. It’s either 93 or 94 points, though I’m leaning toward the latter."
Gary Walsh, THE WINE FRONT
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2023 Cooinda Vale Vineyard Chardonnay
OFFER PRICE $90
97 Points
"It has a fair amount of flinty struck match, pink grapefruit, white nectarine, white flower and fennel tip perfume, cashew and spicy cinnamon oak. It lights up the palate, it crackles with energy, but also has some umami flavours, a light chicken broth, oatmeal, that kind of thing, has a certain juiciness too, and offers plenty of salted cashew and stony things on a finish of superb length. It’s such a good and interesting expression of Chardonnay. Tight, yes, but delivers heaps of flavour. Unreal."
Gary Walsh, THE WINE FRONT
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2022 Cooinda Vale Vineyard Chardonnay
OFFER PRICE $95
97 Points
"Chardonnay from the Pooley Cooinda Vale vineyard near Campania; matured in French oak (35% new). Light straw with aromas of white peach, nectarine and grapefruit with hints of soft spice, nougat, white flowers, oatmeal, a wisp of struck flint and crushed riverstone. Savoury and pure, it's a wine of great detail and clarity. Crystalline acidity provides the line and there is a distinct savoury umami ache to its presence on the palate as the wine trails away, complex and captivating."
Dave Brookes, THE HALLIDAY WINE COMPANION
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2023 Cooinda Vale Vineyard Pinot Noir
OFFER PRICE $90
96 Points
"This is just superb. It has perfume, ripe strawberry and cherry, shows a little creamy spicy oak at this early stage, though it’s good oak and it sits well within the wine. It’s plush, yet stony and fine, concentration of fruit is outstanding, and the mouth-feel is wonderful. It’s super long. It has some gently earthy character, and that fine ‘mineral’ acidity closing it out is so nice. This is an absolute banger."
Gary Walsh, THE WINE FRONT
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