3 drops Chardonnay 2019
- 93
- $30
- Drink by: 2021 - 2026
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This is a good example of why it is a mistake to tar all regions with the same vintage brush. The reason being that while 2019 might have been quite challenging in other regions it resulted in some excellent wines in the Great Southern. In fact, this turned out to be an excellent vintage for chardonnay in the Great Southern. It was cooler but the ripening period allowed the flavours to generate excellent intensity and character. Deep and concentrated melony grapefruit with a roasted cashew, vanilla bean, and nectarine stone fruit swirling through the middle palate. A little minerality helps it hold the line. Balanced and poised, which is what you would expect from a winemaker like Rob Diletti.
Ray Jordan has been writing about wine for more than 40 years. His first articles were published in the early issues of national wine magazine Winestate in the late 1970s when he worked in Sydney as a newspaper correspondent. From 1989 Ray wrote more than 3000 columns as a regular newspaper wine columnist. He currently writes a regular column for the special business publication Business News and is one of the main contributors to national wine platform Wine Pilot. In 2017 Ray co-authored The Way it Was – A History of The Early Days of the Margaret River Wine Industry and previously wrote Wine in the Blood: Australia’s Family Wine Estates, published in Mandarin and English. In 2011 Ray was awarded WA Wine Press Club Jack Mann Memorial Medal for his contribution to the WA wine industry. His love of wine is as strong as his love of the blues and tasting the thousands of wines that cross his bench each year allows him to indulge in both.
