2013 Donelan Chardonnay Genevieve's Block

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Score 17/20 · Drink 2015-2017, Richard Hemming MW, jancisrobinson.com, May 2015

Chewy, dry and fibrous. Lots of density here. Creamy and intense but favours fruit over terroir, ultimately. (RH)

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94
94/100

Robert Parker

17
17/20

Richard Hemming MW, jancisrobinson.com

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94 points
Robert Parker
Score 94/100 · Drink 2014-2019, Robert Parker, Dec 2014

The 2013 Chardonnay Genevieve's Block, which comes from a west-facing hillside vineyard near Sebastopol, is a more limited cuvée at 346 cases. About 38% new oak was used. The wine tips the scales at 14.5% alcohol. This wine has naturally high acidity, a rather stunning nose of wet rocks, honeyed citrus, peach blossom, with leesy brioche notes, an intense medium to full-bodied mouthfeel, good structure and a hint of tangerine oil. This is a stunner that comes across like a great Corton-Charlemagne from Burgundy.

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Donelan
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White

Under the law of Hong Kong, intoxicating liquor must not be sold or supplied to a minor in the course of business. 根據香港法律,不得在業務過程中,向未成年人售賣或供應令人醺醉的酒類 。
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