Description
Tapanappa is the 21st century chapter of an adventure that pioneered the modern era of the Adelaide Hills wine region.
Tapanappa is the name that Brian Croser has given to his ongoing family-owned, fine-wine enterprise based in the Piccadilly Valley where it began more than 40 years ago as Petaluma.
I have described the 2021 vintage in the Piccadilly Valley as “near perfect”.
Like 2020, the 2021 vintage was marginally warmer than average.
What a relief to have two successive cooler vintages, (indeed 3 as I observe the evolving 2022 vintage), after the near unrelenting warmth of the previous decade of vintages.
– Brian Croser, Wine Maker This is stunning.
Intense with flavour, chalky of texture, long of finish.
Flint, grapefruit, pear and peach flavours charge with authority through the palate.
Crushed fennel notes dance about the edges.
The drive and the power and the overall impact of this is really quite something; it’s an emphatic wine, it took but one sip for me to be thoroughly convinced.
– Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front, 96 Points The Finer Details Style – White Wine Varietal – Chardonnay Country – Australia Region – Piccadilly Valley, South Australia Vintage – 2021 Bottle Size – 750ml ABV – 13.4%
