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2003 Collina Chardonnay   “The Murray River would be in a lot better nick if its growers followed the Lubianas, who sold up and moved to Tassie, to make majestic wines like this. It’s powerful, and incredibly intense, yet finely poised and elegant. Krug sans fizz. The Lubies crappy loam, silt, gravel and clay surrenders just a kilogram of grapes per vine, but they add up to the best Australian Chardonnay I know. Spicy nutty, custardy, tight- most words just don’t fit. Try, DEVOUR. ($60; 13.5% Alcohol; 95 Points)”

The Independent Weekly, January 27 to February 2 2007, My Picks, Philip White

 

 “Steve Lubiana already makes some of Tassies best wines, and this new reserve Chardonnay will build his reputation even further: complex yet refined, full of creamy texture and balanced by lingering mineral acidity. Drink with grilled lobster."

Australian Gourmet Traveller, March 2007. Max Allen

2003 Estate Chardonnay

“.......sweet melon, peach and citrus aromas are backed by hints of honeysuckle and slightly funky, creamy and leesy undertones. Round and juicy, its soft and generous core of nectarine, citrus and peach-like fruit and complex undertones of butterscotch, grilled notes and vanilla oak are neatly tied together by tangy lime juice acids. 92 Points”
2006 The Australian Wine Annual-
Jeremy Oliver

2004 ‘Primavera’ Chardonnay

Screw Cap. Complex toast, Marmalade, and lemon barley sugar aromas and
flavours, the palate soft and rounded with the fruit underlined by lovely savoury
yeast characters running to a long, fresh, clean finish.
Alc. 13.5%.
Rating: - Very Good
Graeme Philips
The Sunday Tasmanian, 14th May 2006


2003 ‘Primavera’ Chardonnay
“ Food and wine matching is far from being a Science, a good match most
often being the product of informed guesswork and a bit of luck. And a good
match is mostly as good as it gets. But a perfect match, one where the flavours
and the weight of the wine and food dance together in perfect unison,
wonderfully complimenting and enhancing each other is as rare and
serendipitous as it is pleasurable. So a rare pleasure it was over the Christmas
break to enjoy one such perfect union – Mitsuno’s cold broth of soba noodles,
soy, wasabi, seaweed and daikon radish with a Lubiana 2003 ‘Primavera’
Chardonnay, each highly enjoyable in its own right but fabulous and memorable
together.”
The Mercury, 5 January 2005,
Top Drops
Graeme Phillip


2002 Sur Lie Chardonnay
Rating 90
Touches of biscuit and toast aromas ex lees; relatively soft stone fruit and
peach flavours; good acidity to balance.
James Halliday
2006 Australian Wine Companion
(Collins, Australia 2005)


2002 Chardonnay
Steve Lubiana is helping setting the standard for Tasmanian wine- your only
problem is getting your hands on the stuff. The Estate Chardonnay is big, rich, with
spiced pear and a hint of fresh apples shot through with juicy tropical fruit and toffee. Immaculately controlled oak and good length.
MF Jameson - Gourmet Traveller Wine,
December/ January 2005/ 2006


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