Bindi Wines Kostas Rind Chardonnay 2016
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Following the marvelous 2015, 'Kostas' is quite a challenge for the 2016 vintage, though it has happily risen to the task. As always, there is a lot of fragrance of lemon and pithy grapefruit lifted by white flowers and orange blossom. One year on all solids and lees has added a mealy complexity and a gentle savory restraint. The palate is mouth filling, intense in acidity, creamy, flowing, relatively rich and very long. There is a certain chalkiness and tension in the wine that weaves its way through the back palate and sits inside the harmonious finish. Another three years will be of great benefit in delivering added complexity and texture.
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Elegant and bold, with dried mango, peach and lemon curd flavors and a supple, luxurious body. Finds the right balance between fruit purity, spicy accents, a rich body and crisp acidity. Drink now through 2023.
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James Suckling
Cooked apple and pear aromas and flavors. Medium body, crisp and clean with a fruity finish. Lemon rind and curd character.
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‘Bindi’, 50 kilometres north-west of Melbourne in the Macedon Ranges, is the family property of the Dhillon family. Originally purchased in the 1950s as part of the larger grazing farm ‘Bundaleer’, ‘Bindi’ is a 170 hectare farm of which 7 hectares are planted to Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Fifteen hectares are dedicated to managed plantation eucalypts for high grade furniture timber whilst the remainder of the land is maintained as remnant bush land and important indigenous grasslands.
The Bindi vineyard is the fundamental focus of the family's endeavors. Their vineyard and winemaking philosophy is to seek balance and purity in the expression of various individual vineyard sites and this philosophy is applied to farming and conservation.