Charles Sturt University Chardonnay 2007

Charles Sturt University Chardonnay 2007

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Given the extraordinary value the Charles Sturt chardonnay usually offers, it is no surprise it is a regular in the Top 100, but this has to be the best yet. It has lovely cool-climate nectarine, grapefruit and melon flavours supported by a touch of French oak and terrific length. $13.20, S, 13.5; From: Orange, NSW; Drink: Now-2011 94 points & Halliday’s Top 100 – The Weekend Australian November 10-11, 2007

Charles Sturt University Winery Orange Chardonnay 2007; Clever winemaking both in the picking decision and in the judicious use of a touch of French oak; has lovely nectarine grapefruit and melon flavours; simply unbeatable value. 13.5º alc. Rating 94 Drink 2012 $13.20 Date Tasted Sep 07 James Halliday Wine Companion 2009

Produced from premium Chardonnay grapes grown in the University vineyard in the cool climate region of Orange in the Central Tablelands of NSW and at the Wagga Wagga campus on the South West Slopes. The wine has a bouquet of green apple and peach; the palate is full and soft with prominent melon and stone fruit flavours. The majority of the wine was fermented under strict temperature control to retain the fresh fruit flavours and then blended with a small quantity of barrel fermented chardonnay for added complexity. This is a fresh, fruit dominant wine with some complexity and a long, crisp acid finish

Well blow me down and forget the price for a second, the wine is an absolute beauty. I rarely get too tied up in the wine show like evaluation of wines preferring to look at the package as a whole but on any measure this is an excellent wine - bordering on exceptional. So lets do the show thing. For starters it is a bright and youthful straw with a tinge of green. It smells good. Not show-speak, but it really does. It carries the most wonderful tropical and stonefruit aromas framed by a very classy lick of quality oak. And it goes on, and on and on. You could pay about thirty bucks for the quality and presentation of this wine and not for a second think you were being 'touched'. Will it last 10 years? I don’t know, I don’t think so, and I don’t really care as it will drink superbly for the next 5 at least, though my money would be on most people polishing off the case inside a month or two. Now-2013; Quality: Excellent BW; WineStar© November 2007