Vinted on December 19, 2013 under Most Interesting Wines of the Year, wine review
9) 2011 Cloudburst Chardonnay (Margaret River, $150)
This wonder from Oz (funny how Aussie wines do so well in this MIW round-ups each year, despite so many people railing publicly about the demise of the international wine biz Down Undah) is likely not on your radar, because so little of it is made. In fact, I was interviewed about the wine simply because I was one of the few people outside of Oz to have tasted it, apparently. Combine that with it being an early-days-promising example of the great potential of the producer, and that it almost fully delivers already on the potential for great Chard in far western Australia, and that I used it as a catalyst for a discussion on whether or not the rich actually buy wines priced like this one (hint: according to a few sources, they don’t), and you’ve set the stage for one very, very memorable bottle of juice.