Bannockburn Chardonnay 2005

We hadn't had this Chardonnay for quite some time, that time being unusually an overripe affair being almost brown in colour with lots of butterscotch and tobacco. But this recent vintage looked quite normal and opened to a complex bouquet of biscuit, nuts, cream, white fruits, spice and some menthol. The palate was quite refined and balanced, with some powerful fruit and oak underneath. Overall an interesting and distinctive chardonnay.
50+4+13+17+8 = 92/100