Estate Chardonnay vertical tasting: 2018, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2012, 2008 (6 bottle mix pack)
Reviews
2018 UMAMU Estate Chardonnay
"Gleaming straw-green; a lusciously rich chardonnay, all its wares laid out before you. It needs food, but will happily accompany every dish."
—94 points from James Halliday
"Umamu's 2018 Chardonnay was 100% barrel fermented yet shows little overt oak, allowing the ripe pear, melon and citrus flavors to shine. It's medium to full-bodied, with a plump, ample richness on the palate and a long, silky finish."
—92 points from Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate Joe Czerwinski
2016 UMAMU Estate Chardonnay
"Gleaming green-gold; combines richness and complexity with (unexpected) elegance and freshness, the conflicting streams finding the way to resolve their differences through an overpass of texture."
— 95 points from James Halliday
"The chardonnays from UMAMU have quite a strong house style. It's based on quality fruit given a decent working over in the winery. This is a combination of one fruit and struck match, with butterscotch and grapefruit complexity. Extends to a long, savoury finish. Impressive wine."
— 93 points from Ray Jordan
2015 UMAMU Estate Chardonnay
"Its regional stamp is every bit as clear as its varietal expression with layer-upon-layer of grilled cashew, peach, melon and fig and toasty oak. Where now is a difficult question." Drink till 2024
— 91 points from James Halliday
2014 UMAMU Estate Chardonnay
"A deceptive wine-the first reaction is that it is simply immaculately balanced and poised, but then the power and the zesty citrus pith and aftertaste arrive. The white peach of the mid-palate remains untarnished, as does the overall integrity of the wine."
— 96 points from James Halliday
"Medium to full yellow colour, restrained for its age, and the bouquet offers toasted hazelnut, butter and honey, in tandem with a rich, full-bodied palate. Plenty of alcohol weight, but lively acidity keeps that full-throated richness dancing."
—92 points from Huon Hooke
2012 UMAMU Estate Chardonnay
"Light straw-green; a distinguished wine, calmly moving along its journey to full maturity a couple of years hence; it is in the understated, yet totally convincing, style Umamu seeks, white peach, melon and lemony acidity sewn together by an invisible thread of oak."
— 95 points from James Halliday
(pH is 3.22)
2008 UMAMU Estate Chardonnay
"UMAMU Estate is one of Margaret River's quietest achievers; this wine shows yellow peach and ripe pineapple flavours with sweetly spiced oak and a touch of buttery richness. Soft and creamy with a final flourish of lemon acidity."
— Qantas Business Class
"An impressive chardonnay here. Bouquet shows that lovely mix of morning brioche and citrus with a subtle fusion of roasted nuts. The palate is seamlessly textured and multi-layered. Balanced oak and fruit with a preciseand long finish. Crisp minerality sustains it."
— 93 points from Ray Jordan
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