Penfolds Bin 144 Yattarna Chardonnay 1999
$9999each
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WineryPenfolds
Fruit Chardonnay
Regions Fleurieu, Piccadilly + Adelaide Hills
  SouthAustralia
Each $99.99
$1199.00
Currently out of stock
Yattarna is local indigenous meaning gradually, reflecting the time spent refining the cuvee before it's inaugural vintage. Bin number 144 is derived from the total number of trials undertaken in the wine's development. The aspiration and independence of mind that the late Max Schubert brought to Penfolds winemaking philosophy inspired the winery to embark on the project of creating a white wine that would one day rival the standards of Penfolds Grange. Finely interwoven and seamlessly presented, the 1999 is a standout Chardonnay of impeccable pedigree with an extended, elegant finish.
Sourced from premium vineyards in the Fleurieu, Piccadilly and Adelaide Hills districts, 1999 was a variable year in South Australia due to high temperatures and low rainfall. The winemaking team looked for specific characters in the Chardonnay fruit, for inclusion into the flagship Bin 144.Penfolds policy of multi-regional blending allowed sourcing parcels of fruit from exceptional areas, such as Piccadilly, that received good winter and spring rains and hence weathered the summer heat. Chardonnay was a standout for the vintage, with ripe grapefruit characters and great depth of flavour. Maturation for ten months in new (80%) and one-year-old (20%) French oak. Alcohol 13.20% Acidity 6.80g/L pH 3.15%
TASTING NOTES
Winemaker comments by John Duval. Pale straw with brilliant green hues. A full rich Chardonnay with deep, complex aromas of golden apples, mango and paw paw and hints of grapefruit. The primary fruit flavours are enhanced by spicy/cinnamon/ smoky oak characters together with the subtle butteriness of malolactic fermentation. Complex and tightly structured, with intense lime and grapefruit on the front palate, which slowly changes into a mixture of citrus and pear. Finely chiseled acidity, cedary oak and lees yeastiness give excellent depth and graciously offset the richly textured underlying fruit. Barrel fermentation, and yeast stirring (battonage) bring important elements to the Yattarna style.
 Penfolds
Penfolds was founded by a young English doctor who migrated to one of his country's most distant colonies a century and a half ago
Dr Christopher Rawson Penfold was born in 1811, the youngest of 11 children. He studied medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, graduating in 1838. Like many doctors before and since, Dr Penfold had a firm belief in the medicinal value of wine. Before he left Britain he had obtained vine cuttings from the south of France and these were planted around the site of the modest stone cottage he built with his wife, Mary, at Magill on the outskirts of Adelaide in 1845. The couple called this house The Grange, after Mary's home in England. Penfolds»
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