Tapanappa is a joint venture between Brian Croser, Bollinger and the Cazes Family of Lynch Bages.
2005 Tapanappa Tiers Chardonnay, Piccadilly (WS93, GV86)
WADA rated 83+ to 93+
Light golden. Extremely tight on the nose and palate. It does eventually open up but I suspect that this wine is way too early to drink even with decanting. Extremely dense and intense. A very serious wine. Hits you upfront with an asteroid of co-mingled vapours and flavours...very hard to break it down...it slowly melts like butter on a hot pan into your palate with waves of butter, green fruits, bitter lemons, honey oats and earthy/mineral-like complexity. Throughout the 30mins of tasting, this wine seems unresolved...undecided in its direction...like an adolescent...it just keeps going back and forth with its flavours. I also caught more nuttiness after 15mins...somewhere between cashews, almonds and macadamia. To wrap it up...there are some petrol-like nuances (which Uncle L calls Benzene) lurking at the back palate which is a little too hot for me...almost unbalanced ...but it seems to pull back and gets engulfed in its own evolving atmosphere of vapours. This is dificult to rate being so tight and unsettled. Therefore, at the moment, a range of 83 to 93 is probably the best range we can give. I suspect another year or so in the bottle will stabilise this monster and maybe give it more creaminess.
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