The 2010 Innocent Bystander Chardonnay has 13% alcohol and 1.5 g/l sugar. It has been stored 8 months on french oak barrels.
Disclaimer: This wine was tasted at 7.30 am, so there is a chance that my palate was a bit oversensitive.
I get apples, butter popcorn and a bit alcohol on the back end of the nose. The mouthfeel is ok with green apples and citrus. The finnish is not ok with oak and bitterness. 82 points
The finnish is what I really don't like about this wine. The oak is there, but it's not what's bothering me the most, although it isn't very well integrated. The problem is that there is such bitterness to the finnish. The acidity has been replaced with a very bitter finnish.
Beautiful golden yellow in color, this Chardonnay opens up with aromas of grapefruit, peach, lime peel, nutty, honey and light pineapple notes. On the mouthfeel, medium bodied (alcohol coming in at 13.5%), dry, good weight with a great mix of citrus, tropical fruit and lively acidity.
ReplyDeleteIn all fairness to the wine, as I wrote, I tried this wine at 7.30 am. That is not when i typically taste wine.
DeleteMy palate might have been oversensitive. To me, given the time and place, there was something wrong on the finnish that just didn't do it for me. I love acidity, but in this bootle it was replaced with an off balance bitterness.
A bad bottle or a flaw perhaps? Because I've had the 2009 of this wine as well, and that one i scored 90 points.