Tapanappa

Tapanappa

Tapanappa is the latest wine venture by the legendary Petaluma founder, Brian Croser. Founded in 2002 with the support of Champagne Bollinger and the Cazes family of Chateau Lynch Bages fame, Tapanappa produces an extensive range of superb wines in several sites, all of which offer the cool climate conditions that have taken Australian wine to new heights in recent years. Their range includes Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Riesling alongside Cabernet Franc, Syrah, and Shiraz, which bear Croser’s trademark elegance and precision with Australia’s signature generosity. If you’re looking for Old World refinement with New World exuberance, then Tapanappa’s wines are for you.

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  • Wine 96 Point Rating
    Vivino 4+
    Country: Australia, South Australia
    Grapes: Pinot Noir
    ABV: 14%
    Style: Rich Full Red
    96 points - Ned Goodwin. The Definitus is a special bottling from The Foggy Hill Vineyard. Foggy Hill is typical of the spectacular, steep, cool climate sites that have helped revolutionise Australian fine wine in recent years. Laying at 350m above sea level on the ancient soils of the Fleurieu Peninsula and cooled by the waters of Victor Harbor and Cape Jervis, it is the perfect spot for producing world-class Pinot Noir. Grapes are hand-harvested with each clone being brought in separately. Chi
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    Wine 93 Point Rating
    Vivino 4+
    Country: Australia, South Australia
    Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon
    ABV: 13.5%
    Style: Rich Full Red
    93 points / Silver Medal - Decanter World Wine Awards. If you like your Australian red wine to combine power with finesse, then the Tapanappa Whalebone Vineyard Cabernet Shiraz 2017 is the perfect wine for you. Produced on the famed terra rossa soils, arguably Australia’s greatest, in the warm Wrattonbully region, it gets its name from the remains of a 37-million-year-old whale that were found here. Made from old, low-yielding vines, the quantity of fruit produced here is tiny, but the quality i
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  • Wine 92 Point Rating
    Vivino 4+
    Country: Australia, South Australia
    Grapes: Chardonnay
    ABV: 13.9%
    Style: Classy Complex White
    92 points - Falstaff. The Tapanappa Piccadilly Valley 2020 Chardonnay is a wonderful example of the new wave of cool-climate Australian wines. Produced in the Piccadilly Valley, a sub-region of Adelaide Hills, it’s made from thirty-year-old vines that enjoy a long, slow ripening period on poor, rain-leached sandy loam soils. Once ripe the grapes were harvested by hand and chilled to 2oC before pressing to preserve the aromas and freshness. Using innovative air-bag presses, the juice was fermente
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  • Wine 95 Point Rating
    Vivino 4+
    Country: Australia, South Australia
    Grapes: Chardonnay
    ABV: 13.6%
    Style: Classy Complex White
    95 points - Decanter World Wine Awards. The Tapanappa Tiers 2018 Chardonnay is a wonderful example of the new wave of cool-climate Australian wines. Produced in the Tiers vineyard in the south of the Piccadilly Valley, a sub-region of Adelaide Hills, it’s made from old vines that enjoy a long, slow ripening period on poor, rain-leached sandy loam soils. Once ripe the grapes were harvested by hand and chilled to 2oC before pressing to preserve the aromas and freshness. Using innovative air-bag pr
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