2020 Xanadu Reserve Chardonnay

Highly Rated
The top echelon of Xanadu Chardonnay, sourced from their oldest vineyard. Its power is underpinned by a glinting minerality and seamless length. Outstanding

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Description

The Reserve wines from Xanadu represent the best of what they produce in any given vintage.

The Reserve Chardonnay is crafted to emphasise the personality and power of the vineyard it hails from - Xanadu's oldest site for Chardonnay, the Langan Estate Vineyard.

It's a wine full of gravitas, perfectly balanced and built to last... if you can resist.

97 Points - "The problem with Xanadu Reserve Chardonnay is that it is delicious on release. But that has nothing on what it morphs into, with age. This is a wine that is all too often overlooked (not in the show system, granted) by collectors, because too few people have been privy to the wines in their middle age. A problem emerges: the wines are drunk too early and don't get the opportunity to show their full potential. This is crystalline, pure - almost austere - toasty and spiced, with layers of undulating flavour through the fine, spooling finish. A monumental wine of endless potential." - Erin Larkin (Halliday Wine Companion)

94 Points - "Peach, oatmeal and spice, a little vanilla and cedar, grapefruit too. It's quite rich and golden in a way, but still quite zesty and grapefruity, with a savoury cedar overlay, a light chalky texture, and a juicy citrus finish of excellent length. Very good, though maybe the Stevens has the edge in 2020." - Gary Walsh (The Wine Front)

96 Points - "Very light, bright colour, with a woolly, free-sulfur note on the nose at first, a reserved style that is no doubt built to last. The palate has excellent intensity; concentration delivered with understatement, the reserve boding well for its future. Grapefruit laced with nutty nuances, a superb wine that delivers beautifully now and promises to show much more in the future. Long, long carry." - Huon Hooke (The Real Review)

97 Points - "This has aromas of white grapefruits, lime pith, crushed stones, white lavender, praline and spiced apples. The energy and focus is impressive, with a medium-bodied, compact palate, driven by sharp acidity. Long and mineral. Drink or hold. Screw cap." - JamesSuckling.com

Pristine fruit aromas of fresh pears, white fleshed nectarines, and lemon/ lime characters with underlying hints of white flowers and wet stone adding to the wonderful purity of fruit. The palate is medium bodied and tightly coiled offering pear puree, white fleshed stone fruits and zesty grapefruit character. The fruit purity is complimented with subtle talcy, textural elements and a quartz-like minerality adding to the structure. The underlying fruit power, and the bracing natural acidity reflect the season, providing drive to the wine and focusing it perfectly to a crisp lingering finish.

Price Bracket $101 and Above
Type White
Body Full Bodied
Variety Chardonnay
Country Australia
Region Margaret River
Australian State WA
Feature High Score
Reviewed By Halliday Wine Companion
The Wine Front
The Real Review
Critic Score 97
94
96
Alcohol 13%
Size 750ml
Vintage 2020
Closure Screw Cap

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