Philip Rich Halliday Wine
Wantirna Estate Isabella chardonnay 2022
There's a lot going on here with its aromas of stone fruits, flowers, crushed rock and cashew and charcuterie notes. The palate is concentrated and textured, and there's a fine vein of acidity running throughout the wine keeping it taut and focused at the same time. This one will definitely reward another five to seven years, if not longer, in the cellar. 96
Wantirna Estate Isabella chardonnay 2022
There's a lot going on here with its aromas of stone fruits, flowers, crushed rock and cashew and charcuterie notes. The palate is concentrated and textured, and there's a fine vein of acidity running throughout the wine keeping it taut and focused at the same time. This one will definitely reward another five to seven years, if not longer, in the cellar. 96
Philip Rich Halliday Wine
Wantirna Estate Isabella chardonnay 2021
Textured and structured, there's an old-vine creaminess to this classic 'old world' styled and totally lovely wine that, despite its richness, finishes fine and very long 97
Wantirna Estate Isabella chardonnay 2021
Textured and structured, there's an old-vine creaminess to this classic 'old world' styled and totally lovely wine that, despite its richness, finishes fine and very long 97
Gary Walsh The Winefront
Wantirna Estate Isabella chardonnay 2020
Small crop in 2020, with only two barrels filled. Only 530 bottles produced.
Golden colour. Apple and white peach a light layer of sweet spiced oak, aniseed and floral perfume. It’s fine-boned, saline and has a little Crunchy Nut Cornflake flavour (don’t mind me), in with juicy pear and white peach, delicate acidity, a lovely fine powdery texture, and a long and nutty, yet fresh finish. So stylish. I really like this release; it’s discreet and interesting with its gentle oxidative style.
Wantirna Estate Isabella chardonnay 2020
Small crop in 2020, with only two barrels filled. Only 530 bottles produced.
Golden colour. Apple and white peach a light layer of sweet spiced oak, aniseed and floral perfume. It’s fine-boned, saline and has a little Crunchy Nut Cornflake flavour (don’t mind me), in with juicy pear and white peach, delicate acidity, a lovely fine powdery texture, and a long and nutty, yet fresh finish. So stylish. I really like this release; it’s discreet and interesting with its gentle oxidative style.
Gary Walsh The Winefront
Wantirna Estate Isabella chardonnay 2019
150 dozen were produced, which is a healthy harvest for Wantirna Estate. The upcoming 2020 release is 70% down on that.
It’s a wine of texture, line and length principally but the slips of fresh pear, the echoes of meal, the sweet nut and nectarine characters; they really do seduce. This release feels super-young and unevolved but for the cellar it looks a monty.
Wantirna Estate Isabella chardonnay 2019
150 dozen were produced, which is a healthy harvest for Wantirna Estate. The upcoming 2020 release is 70% down on that.
It’s a wine of texture, line and length principally but the slips of fresh pear, the echoes of meal, the sweet nut and nectarine characters; they really do seduce. This release feels super-young and unevolved but for the cellar it looks a monty.
Gary Walsh The Winefront
Wantirna Estate Isabella chardonnay 2018
Isabella really necessary on a bike? So many Dad jokes, so little time.Ripe peachy expression with butter menthol, mint, wheatgerm and spice. Juicy pear and peach, a certain citrus cut through the gloss and glide of this flavoursome little number, some flint, savoury umami character, juicy and chalky through a nice long finish. It’s a proper Chardonnay, and feels pretty much ready, almost raring, to go.
Wantirna Estate Isabella chardonnay 2018
Isabella really necessary on a bike? So many Dad jokes, so little time.Ripe peachy expression with butter menthol, mint, wheatgerm and spice. Juicy pear and peach, a certain citrus cut through the gloss and glide of this flavoursome little number, some flint, savoury umami character, juicy and chalky through a nice long finish. It’s a proper Chardonnay, and feels pretty much ready, almost raring, to go.
Gary Walsh The WInefront
Wantirna Estate Isabella chardonnay 2017An incredible performance over the years on TWF. Have a look here, if you fancy.
It’s not shy, but it is kind of discreet. Yellow fruit, butter menthol, aniseed and cedar spice. Medium-bodied, wheatgerm and nectarine, a glossy feel but shot through with intense and fine acidity, the finish is long, with lemon curd and a tight tang of acidity. So lovely.
Wantirna Estate Isabella chardonnay 2017An incredible performance over the years on TWF. Have a look here, if you fancy.
It’s not shy, but it is kind of discreet. Yellow fruit, butter menthol, aniseed and cedar spice. Medium-bodied, wheatgerm and nectarine, a glossy feel but shot through with intense and fine acidity, the finish is long, with lemon curd and a tight tang of acidity. So lovely.
Campbell Mattinson, Winefront October 2016
Wantirna Estate Isabella chardonnay 2016
The chardonnay vines are over 40 years old at Wantirna Estate. They know what they’re about.
Straw-yellow in colour and carrying a resounding burst of flavour. Lean this certainly is not. And yet it boasts the cut and sparkle of quartz. Stonefruit, grilled nuts, sweet cedar and spice. There’s a bran-like character here too, a certain mealiness. The finish has appreciable length. It warrants the word gravitas. I wouldn’t hesitate.
Wantirna Estate Isabella chardonnay 2016
The chardonnay vines are over 40 years old at Wantirna Estate. They know what they’re about.
Straw-yellow in colour and carrying a resounding burst of flavour. Lean this certainly is not. And yet it boasts the cut and sparkle of quartz. Stonefruit, grilled nuts, sweet cedar and spice. There’s a bran-like character here too, a certain mealiness. The finish has appreciable length. It warrants the word gravitas. I wouldn’t hesitate.
Campbell Mattinson, Winefront October 2015
Wantirna Estate Isabella chardonnay 2015
Wantirna Estate chardonnay is a joyous drink.
This 2014 is true to form. Straw-yellow in colour and not short on flavour, with cashew, white peach, steel and spice notes billowing through the palate. It’s a wine of both oomph and style, its almond milk-like silkiness only serving to seduce further. The word mellifluous is apt.
Wantirna Estate Isabella chardonnay 2015
Wantirna Estate chardonnay is a joyous drink.
This 2014 is true to form. Straw-yellow in colour and not short on flavour, with cashew, white peach, steel and spice notes billowing through the palate. It’s a wine of both oomph and style, its almond milk-like silkiness only serving to seduce further. The word mellifluous is apt.
Jeremy Oliver The Australian Wine Annual 2015
Wantirna Estate Isabella 2012
A beautiful, pristine and finely crafted chardonnay of exceptional elegance and charm. Its fragrant, lightly oaked and penetrative bouquet of grapefruit, melon and stone fruit reveals nuances of lemongrass, minerals and dusty vanilla notes. Tightly shaped by a fine chalkiness and refreshing, soft acids, it’s long and measured, with pristine fresh fruit of surprising intensity and savoury oak culminating in a finish of poise and balance.
Wantirna Estate Isabella 2012
A beautiful, pristine and finely crafted chardonnay of exceptional elegance and charm. Its fragrant, lightly oaked and penetrative bouquet of grapefruit, melon and stone fruit reveals nuances of lemongrass, minerals and dusty vanilla notes. Tightly shaped by a fine chalkiness and refreshing, soft acids, it’s long and measured, with pristine fresh fruit of surprising intensity and savoury oak culminating in a finish of poise and balance.
WBM March 2014 Tyson Stelzer
Wantirna Estate Isabella 2012
A beautifully even and effortlessly harmonious chardonnay, testamont to a magic year. It's fleshy and bodied and at the same time refined and drawn, with great depth and integrated, tightly focussed acidity.
Wantirna Estate Isabella 2012
A beautifully even and effortlessly harmonious chardonnay, testamont to a magic year. It's fleshy and bodied and at the same time refined and drawn, with great depth and integrated, tightly focussed acidity.
Jeremy Oliver Wine Annual 2014
Wantirna Estate Isabella Chardonnay 2011
*Jeremy ranked this his second top chardonnay of the year.
Beautifully measured, supple and elegant but with underlying strength and structure, this finely poised and willowy chardonnay reveals a faintly chalky fragrance of peach, melon and nectarine tightly meshed with creamy vanilla oak and backed with hints of minerals and smoked meats. Medium to full bodied, it's unctuously smooth and fluffy, delivering pristine pear, peach and melon-like flavours overlying a fine minerality, finishing with exceptional length, freshness and focus, with fairly meaty, briny notes. 97
Wantirna Estate Isabella Chardonnay 2011
*Jeremy ranked this his second top chardonnay of the year.
Beautifully measured, supple and elegant but with underlying strength and structure, this finely poised and willowy chardonnay reveals a faintly chalky fragrance of peach, melon and nectarine tightly meshed with creamy vanilla oak and backed with hints of minerals and smoked meats. Medium to full bodied, it's unctuously smooth and fluffy, delivering pristine pear, peach and melon-like flavours overlying a fine minerality, finishing with exceptional length, freshness and focus, with fairly meaty, briny notes. 97
The Winefront - December 2013 Campbell Mattinson
Wantirna Estate Isabella Chardonnay 2012
Here’s a chardonnay to show us all how it’s done. I could bath in this, I’d reckon.
Stunning. Beautiful. Crunchy. Lengthy. Flavours of oatmeal, grapefruit, citrus, spicy oak, cashew. All these flavours rattle and hum through your mouth. Needs to be decanted but it can be thoroughly enjoyed now, as a youngster. But it will cellar gloriously over the medium term, and longer. No need to bang on. It’s a star.
Wantirna Estate Isabella Chardonnay 2012
Here’s a chardonnay to show us all how it’s done. I could bath in this, I’d reckon.
Stunning. Beautiful. Crunchy. Lengthy. Flavours of oatmeal, grapefruit, citrus, spicy oak, cashew. All these flavours rattle and hum through your mouth. Needs to be decanted but it can be thoroughly enjoyed now, as a youngster. But it will cellar gloriously over the medium term, and longer. No need to bang on. It’s a star.
WBM Dec / Jan 14 Tyson Stelzer
Wantirna Estate Isabella 2011
A long-lived Isabella with pristine lemon blossom and lime zest freshness immaculately offset by succulent white peach fruit, subtle, classy French oak and well-defined acid line
Wantirna Estate Isabella 2011
A long-lived Isabella with pristine lemon blossom and lime zest freshness immaculately offset by succulent white peach fruit, subtle, classy French oak and well-defined acid line
Winetaste Weekly - Tyson Stelzer
Wantirna Estate Isabella Chardonnay 2011
The cool 2011 season has blessed Wantirna with an impeccable chardonnay, pristine and youthful, with a confident future before it. With a green note to its pale straw hue, it contrasts the lively lift of lemon blossom and the crunch of lime zest with the generosity of succulent white peach, underlined by subtle, classy French oak. A chardonnay of outstanding persistence and well-defined acid line, poised to go long in the cellar.
Wantirna Estate Isabella Chardonnay 2011
The cool 2011 season has blessed Wantirna with an impeccable chardonnay, pristine and youthful, with a confident future before it. With a green note to its pale straw hue, it contrasts the lively lift of lemon blossom and the crunch of lime zest with the generosity of succulent white peach, underlined by subtle, classy French oak. A chardonnay of outstanding persistence and well-defined acid line, poised to go long in the cellar.