Heemskerk Chardonnay Pinot Noir 2009 (Tasmania)
12%, cork, $60
Thankfully the juice inside is top-rate – perhaps the best bubbly yet from Heemskerk. All Coal River Valley fruit (including a portion from the Tolpuddle vineyard apparently) and Chardonnay dominant.
If anything I think this could be quite magnificent with more lees/bottle ageing. Certainly more complete than most $60 NV Champagne (and a quick Google search tells me this can be bought for sub $50 too).
Source: Sample
Tasted: Nov 2014
Drink: 2014-2018+
Score: 18.1/20, 93/100
Would I buy it? Almost. With Bollinger available at $54 its tricky. This has more character though.
Buy online: Wine Box Warehouse, Heemskerk website
3 Comments
$25 at TWE Staff Cellar… would you be buying at that price, Andrew? Don't suppose they sent you the '13 Chardonnay or the '14 Riesling?
Cheers
GP
Woah. At that price I'd take 6 and drink all summer long. No Riesling or Chardonnay has passed the door yet.
Looking at the picture of it – my 2c – terrible looking bottle if $50-60. Ok at $25!