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Awards, Ratings & Reviews
GOLD ā The Global Chardonnay Masters Ā· 2024 Vintage Ā· Awarded 2025
SILVER ā Adelaide Hills Wine Show Ā· 2024 Vintage Ā· Awarded 2025
95/100 ā Winepilot Ā· 2024 Vintage Ā· Tasted Mar 2025
āNamed on account of the 1.5 metre spacing between vine rows. Fresh, tightly wound and elegant aromas of white peach and cedar kick things off, followed by green apple, Meyer lemon, peach blossom, nectarine pulp and cinnamon. Thereās a taut and coy feel to the palate at this stage of its life, though with restrained power keen to unfurl in time. White peach, apple, Meyer lemon again, some delicate brown spice. The acidity is assertive and tight here, reflecting the cool vintage and working with chalky phenolics to create a coiled and taut frame through the finish. The bones are excellent, and this will shine following a decade in cellar.ā
95/100 ā Halliday Wine Companion Ā· 2024 Vintage Ā· 05 Mar 2025
āFrom the first Croser vineyard, planted ā79. A potent and rich chardonnay of distinguished power and presence. Itās set at a riper pace but feels supremely balanced and delivers emphatic notions of quality. Rich pear notes, dried and fresh, honeyed cashew, cinnamon toast, a touch of flinty minerality and red apple juiciness and a bit of crunch from that, too. Quite palate staining with its swish of sweet, liquified brown spice. A generous wine done with aplomb.ā
94/100 ā The Wine Front Ā· 2024 Vintage Ā· Tasted Feb 2025
About This Wine
The 2024 vintage in the Piccadilly Valley was slightly warmer than average and early, accumulating 1194Ā°C-days versus the average of 1108Ā°C-days.
The Chardonnay crop was modest at 4 tonnes per hectare due to cool, interrupted flowering conditions. The grapes from 30-plus-year-old vines ripened in still, cool, sunny autumn conditions and were harvested on March 15, two weeks ahead of average.
Hand-harvested fruit was chilled to 2Ā°C, whole-bunch pressed and gravitated to French oak barriques (one third new) for fermentation. Fermentation lasted two months in cool autumn conditions. The wine was barrel aged on full lees until October 2024 and bottled in November.
About the Producer
Tapanappa was founded in 2002 by Brian and Ann Croser to produce fine wine from āDistinguished Sitesā in South Australia. With the winery based in Piccadilly Valley, Tapanappa works across Piccadilly Valley, Wrattonbully and the Southern Fleurieu.
The Tiers Vineyard in Piccadilly Valley was planted to Chardonnay in 1979 and is one of Tapanappaās three distinguished sites.
Specifications
- Vintage: 2024
- Grape Variety: 100% Chardonnay
- Region: Piccadilly Valley / Adelaide Hills / South Australia / Australia
- Fermentation: Whole fruit pressed and fermented in French oak barriques (one third new)
- Maturation: Barrel aged on full lees until October 2024 (one third new French oak)
- Alcohol: 13.9% v/v
- pH: 3.05
- Total Acid: 7.66 g/L
- Closure: Stelvin
- Drinking Window: 2025ā2035
