Briar Ridge Cellar Reserve Orange Chardonnay 2008 - QWine Reviews

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Briar Ridge Cellar Reserve Orange Chardonnay 2008

Great little wine this from a Hunter winery with some vineyards in Orange.

Golden appearance with a good whiff of mango, peach, and some sweet vanillin oak. The oak sucks me right in and the back label reveals the wine sits in one year old French (14% abv).

A generous palate of fruit - the mango comes back at you gently and a hit of grapefruit evident, as are the stone fruits. The package is wrapped up nicely by the oak - thanks very much barrel ferment! Long persistent finish.

If oak ain't your thing, this isn't what you are after. But then again, the oak is not overpowering either.

I liked it!