Collector Wines Tiger Tiger Chardonnay 2022 x 6

Name: Collector Wines Tiger Tiger Chardonnay 2022 x 6
Brand: S.Smith
SKU: NEG067
Price: 240.00 AUD
Availability: InStock

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$240.00 AUD

Full of Meyer lemon, ginger spice and nougat with a layer of creamy lees adding texture while the fine acidity

95 Points

The power and finesse of Tumbarumba chardonnay are on show here, folks. And at its best. This is flinty and a little funky with lemon blossom and mock orange to twitch the nose and mouth-watering flavours teasing the palate. Full of Meyer lemon, ginger spice and nougat with a layer of creamy lees adding texture while the fine acidity is both cleansing and spine-tingling. It finishes long, precise and with conviction.

2025 Halliday Wine Companion, 07 Aug 2024

2022 Collector Tiger Tiger Chardonnay
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Chardonnay (100%), TUMBARUMBA
The 2021/22 growing season was marked by moist and cool conditions
throughout, with vines exhibiting generous growth. A long, cool ripening
period enabled stress-free ripening and very memorable accumulation of
aromatics and grape acid.
Vineyard blocks are variously located between 610 and 760m altitude at the
foothills of the Snowy Mountains. The sites offer exceptional conditions for
growing Chardonnay at the cool margin. The soil is deep, well-drained,
weathered granite.
The grapes were harvested at just over 12 Baumé, with 10+ g/L acid. The fruit
was whole bunch pressed and run to a mix of new and seasoned Allier and
Vosges oak for fermentation. Parcels underwent varying degrees of
malolactic fermentation, and were aged on lees, before blending and
bottling in March 2023.
The wine is fresh on the nose with aromas of white flowers, grapefruit and
flint. A changing and complex wine of depth and concentration that with
time in the glass reveals lemon curd, brioche and spent matchsticks. The
palate is focussed, mouth-filling and long. The wine will metamorphose and
take on complexity with age.