Annie’s Lane Chardonnay 2006 Monday, Feb 19 2007
Tasting Notes and Australia and Clare Valley and Variety and White and chardonnay
Another one from my case of cheap Chardonnays; this was one of the most expensive. Lemon and musk sticks, unripe melon, a squeeze of vanilla (if this is possible). The palate is quite sour, lemons and unripe tropical fruits, a bit of meal, almost green fruits, with some pith on the finish. It has a reasonable texture, but lacks some refinement and horsepower. Pretty good length and pretty good value.
Rated : 86 Points
Tasted : Feb07
Alcohol : 13.0%
Price : $10.70
Closure : Screwcap
Drink : 2007 - 2009
Source : Dan Murphys
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7 Responses to “Annie’s Lane Chardonnay 2006”
February 20th, 2007 at 2:03 pm
How can you give a wine 86 points when it has such a long list of faults? “unripe…quite sour…, lemons and unripe tropical fruits, a bit of meal, almost green fruits, with some pith on the finish”
February 20th, 2007 at 2:22 pm
I suppose I don’t see all those things as faults. I quite like green fruits.
February 20th, 2007 at 2:42 pm
I don’t seem them as faults either otherwise I would have drunk a lot of faulty Chablis.
GW
February 21st, 2007 at 2:09 pm
Just a quick note on cheap chardi. VC have 6 wolf blass gold label chardi for $100 with a free cellar share. As I normally get a bottle of Voyager shiraz(about $30)for a cellar share = about 11.60 a bot. Not bad
February 21st, 2007 at 2:41 pm
I have a sample of the 2005 Voyager chardonnay lined up to go soon.
GW
February 26th, 2007 at 9:38 pm
“quite sour, lemons and unripe tropical fruits”
Why is this worth 86 points?
February 26th, 2007 at 10:32 pm
The structure of some rave wines can be described as quite sour by some and high minerality by others. I reckon Linc feels that at $10.70 this was quite good value.