Awards

Trophies	Gold	Silver	Bronze
0	2	3	5

Accolades

• John Lewis - Newcastle Herald on

  5 Glasses - This, along with the 2006, was among my top wines in a recent tasting of Vat 47s from 2005 to 2010. A further tasting this week confirms it as a chardonnay of delicacy and focus. The wine is light gold with olive green tints and the nose shows scents of honeydew elegance, melon and vanilla beans. Crisp, elegant white nectarine flavour shows on the front of the palate and citrus, mineral and quince jelly fruit characters integrate with creamy oak on the middle palate. Flinty acid features at the finish.

• Winsor Dobbin - Travel & Living on

  The Hunter Valley is well known for the quality of its semillon and shiraz but less recognised for its chardonnays, some of which – like this benchmark – are of exemplary quality. Matured in a combination of new and old French oak barriques, this is a focused, fruit driven wine that has spent six months on lees to add complexity. Beautifully balanced, it has great length, terrific acid on the finish and will cellar well over the next five years

• James Halliday - Australian Wine Companion 2013 on

  94 Points & Outstanding - ...Vat 47 has always been a role model, keeping one step ahead of the field. This is a supremely elegant wine in a Chablis-esque mould, and with time to go yet.