TASTING NOTES FOR Bream Creek Reserve Chardonnay East Coast Tasmania 2025

🍷 Appearance
Light golden straw with brilliant clarity. Bright and youthful in the glass, showing the concentration and refinement expected from Bream Creek’s Reserve selection.

👃 Aromas
Complex and expressive, with white peach, grapefruit and fresh citrus layered with spicy cedar, cashew and subtle pastry notes. Gentle flinty and smoky characters add further sophistication and cool-climate definition.

👅 Palate
Powerful yet beautifully precise, delivering white peach, lemon oil and grapefruit with excellent intensity. Savoury spice and subtle oak provide depth, while bright, energetic acidity keeps the palate focused and wonderfully fresh.

🍈 Texture & Finish
Finely textured with a combination of creamy richness and chalky minerality. Tight, vibrant acidity provides excellent structure and drive, leading to a long, gently toasted and savoury finish.

🍇 Overall Style
A serious, premium cool-climate Tasmanian Chardonnay combining power, precision and finesse. Only the finest barrels are selected for the Reserve, with less than 10% of Bream Creek’s total Chardonnay production qualifying for this release. The 2025 has received 95 points from both The Wine Front and The Real Review.

🍽️ Food Pairing
Perfect with lobster, seared scallops, grilled Tasmanian salmon, roast chicken or pork. Its combination of citrus freshness, creamy texture and savoury complexity also makes it an excellent match with richer seafood dishes and mature cheeses.

⭐ BBD Verdict
An outstanding Reserve Chardonnay with impressive intensity, precision and length. White peach, grapefruit and citrus combine with cashew, subtle oak and savoury complexity, all driven by beautifully focused acidity. Powerful yet refined, this is a flagship Tasmanian Chardonnay with the structure to develop superbly with careful cellaring.

Cheers
Peter Turnbull
Better Buy The Dozen 🍷