Penfolds, Bin 311 Chardonnay, Tumbarumba

Food: Paired with a barbecue chicken, mango, feta, coriander, avocado, pomegranate and toasted pine nuts salad. The salad used an olive oil dressing with lemon zest and lemon juice and the chicken was marinated in lemon juice and olive oil. This was not the best pairing, as the lemon of the wine clashed a bit with the food. Interestingly, the previous wine we had with this dish was the @2014 Hollydene Estate Chardonnay Show Reserve, which was a magnificent pairing. …

2017 vintage

No quiet the wine that the M3 is. That's a good comparison, and reinforces why I don't buy much of it.

2017 vintage

Under screwcap. Herbs, citrus, very fresh, chalky smokey, very well made indeed. I couldnt feel, so I tried to touch ... no flaws here. #Kandestederne

2017 vintage

Grapefruit, lemon, a little stonefruit. Lots of vanilla, some warm cinnamon and a bit of ginger behind it. Not quite flinty but definitely some minerality and bright acid. A bit of a dairy note but it's subtle, I think there's more lees work than malo. I think the defining feature of Penfolds wines is there is never anything wrong with them, the question is whether there's enough right to love them. This 311 is something of a quiet achiever in …

2017 vintage

No real change, certainly hasn’t improved. As before, ok, but not great. I believe that it needs drinking up in the next year or so (3 left.)

2017 vintage

Straight out of the fridge, Apple, melon and all the usual suspects.A good balanced blend. Good amount of acidity, nice, bitey and refreshing. Probably do better with age but I'm good drinking it now. Great on a hot Tassie afternoon. Two thumbs up. 👍👍

2017 vintage

Somewhat out of balance, but great length. Not very attractive on my palate, too much bile, but might come down in a couple of years.

2017 vintage

Light gold hue. Aromas of acetone, apple, butter, coconut, cream, graphite, oak, pear, vanilla. Medium body with medium acidity. Lovely finish but relatively short. Complex, but otherwise a standard New World Chardonnay.

2017 vintage

As good as the previous bottle, consistenly delivering.

2017 vintage

Qatar Airways IAD - DOH business class. Excellently made Chardonnay, with hints of fragrant fruit and great balance. Very fine peach and nuts.

2017 vintage

Significantly better than previous bottle. Nice balance of lemon citrus and oak spice.

2017 vintage

Drank at bbq so a caveat that tasting conditions weren't ideal, this was disappointing though as it seemed surprisingly forward-matured with the acidity seeming rather flat. Flavourwise - default Chardonnay with some stonefruit and citrus and a bit of oak spice. Not bad but this is definitely sub-par if paying full RRP. Aging is something every Penfolds wine normally does well but I think this may already be in decline, will need to retaste in better conditions though.

2017 vintage

Très bon Chardonnay, produit de Tasmanie, 9 mois en fût de chêne, nez sur les fruits verts et pain cuit. Notes de conversion malolactique de pain, notes de beurre du chêne, belle acidité et trame minérale, fruits verts et jaunes, granny smith et poire jaune. Très agréable. Dégusté sur place chez Penfolds La Grande. $50/bouteille

2017 vintage

Medium lemon. Lime, Nuts on the nose. Citrus, vanilla palate. Tasted quite Sauvignon blancish for a Chardonnay!! Quite pleasant wine, I will be interested to see how it evolves.

2017 vintage

Lots of struck match on nose. Grapefruit and cashew with a lemon acidity and a long finish. Quality

2017 vintage

The wine looks straw colored. The legs are fast. There is no sediment in the bottle. A nose of lemon, peach, almond and flint. It tastes like lemon, apricot, mineral, stoniness and phenolic. The body I feel is medium. The wine a zing and is fantastic on the palate. The wine finishes long. The wine has medium to high acidity.

2017 vintage

Excellent. Drank by mistake thinking I'd pulled out an older one but this drinks like a mature wine. 12.5% alc. Colour: pale straw Bouquet: delicate citrus notes with minerals and lanolin Palate: as bouquet, great minerality and mouth feels, vanilla, creamy, fullish flavoured but quite subtle nuances. Long clean finish with gentle acid. August 2021

2017 vintage

Underwhelming. Industrial. Trying to be a textbook version of a mid range new world Chardonnay. Which I guess it is, but was hoping for more personality. Began to crack up after a couple days even with vacu-vin in fridge. Would not buy again.

2017 vintage

Opened this wine at Tunglok Signatures (Orchard Rendezvous) with a very close ex-colleague to celebrate her birthday. We had foie gras with Peking duck skin, boiled lobster, deep-fried codfish, Iberico pork and beef. Gold in colour, with an aromatic nose of vanilla, cream, lemon, wet rock, minerals with good intensity and acidity. What I liked particularly about this wine is the balance between flavours and character; enough fruits to enjoy but not too much to be repulsive. A well-rounded wine …

2017 vintage

Elegant Burgundian style. Lemon zest, ceamy with butter in the foreground, hints of smoke. Better on day2&3. #Kandestederne

2017 vintage

The wine is pale lemon with a medium plus intensity youthful aromas of lemon, lime, pineapple, honeysuckle, wet stone, grapefruit. This is a dry wine with medium body and high alcohol and acidity. The wine has medium plus intensity primary flavors of lemon, lime, grapefruit, pineapple, and almond. The wine has a medium finish and is good quality. Drink now with potential for aging.

2017 vintage

Pale yellow. Medium+ bq w green apples,oak (burnt match!), roasted salted peanuts, minerals, white peaches. Firm attack w oak tannins, high acidity, but this is balanced with afruit. Medium aftertaste w lime zest bitterness. Not great, but very good. Ready to drink, will last longer.

2017 vintage

Penfolds dinner. Apero wine, sourced from 4 regions apparently, SA, NSW, Vic, Taz. I liked this Chardonnay as it is made in a Burgundian style with lemon zest, creamy but not too buttery as there is a nice lemon zest and mineralic touch to it as well. Solid

2017 vintage

Subtle, new world but not overpowering; good but not spectacular. Decent but not memorable

2017 vintage

Medium flavour intensity, medium finish. Some stone fruit notes of white peach with peach skin bitterness, creamy and flint. Good wine with decent quality but nothing exciting as well. No point to further cellar it. Nice to pair with cheese in a hot summer.

2017 vintage

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