Kings Creek Estate Chardonnay 2005

On paper this wine should be a cracker. Old vines, relative to the region at 25yrs, and the utilisation of perhaps the region's best winemaker (Sandro from Kooyong). However, there's plenty of $25 chardonnay around and I don't think this did enough to differentiate. Pale lemon in colour, very youthful. Nose is quite rich with ripe peachy fruits and the faintest hint of oak. Palate is unexpectedly tight and citrusy. Whilst this in itself may bode well for logevity its hard to pick up attractive fruit traits right now. Almost comes across as dilutive (and maybe it is a touch) but I sense that's the unyielding palate structure. I'm not reading this one well at all and would think it will look better in 12 months. The problem of course is will I bother?