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Archived Wines » Donny Goodmac The Golden Pig Chardonnay 2008

Donny Goodmac The Golden Pig Chardonnay 2008

  • Region Yarra Valley, Vic
  • Type White
  • Size 750ml
  • Alcohol 0%
Donny Goodmac The Golden Pig Chardonnay 2008
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A surprise package discovered earlier this year in the Yarra Valley. A side project of Kate Goodman of Punt Road fame. The “Gold Pig” as it is affectionately known is a little ripper of a Chardonnay. Elegant in structure with the lean citrus/grapefruit acid core that the Yarra is championing, minerality, some funky wild yeast action going on and fleshed out with wonderfully integrated oak. At last someone who understands oak should be a supportive not overpowering feature of a wine. If you can taste a plank of wood in your wine, something is wrong. The Gold Pig is definitely a well balanced offering. You gotta dig the Pig! -FW
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94Points
Campbell Mattinson and Gary Walsh
 says:

Tasted alongside an 08 Toolangi Yarra Valley Chardonnay ($25) and 07 J.P Fichet Vielles Vignes Bourgogne Blanc ($50) and this fairly spanked 'em both. From a single vineyard in the Coldstream sub-region of the Yarra Valley. Honeydew melon, light spicy oak, a little cream and citrus. Some tinned corn sulphide but nothing off-putting. It's clean and refreshing with fine balance and line, good flavour and particularly distinguished length. Love the spritely grapefruity aftertaste. Just right. Still pretty tight and young too, so be in no hurry to drink it.


94Points
James Halliday
 says:

A distinctly complex bouquet courtesy of wild fermentation and moderately low alcohol with some French oak adding substantially; the Coldstream-region grapes were picked at precisely the right moment


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