Bellarmine Chardonnay 2021

Pemberton is a part of what is one of the most exciting wine regions in Australia, the Southern coastline of Western Australia, where climactic influences rising up from Antarctica make this one of the country’s coolest, cool climate regions. It also gives the local wines a unique purity of fruit, which you see in this delicious early drinking Chardonnay. It is bursting with exotic floral and nectarine fruits with just a touch of savoury oak which provides backbone. There is then a silkiness in the mouth, a classically rounded Chardonnay texture nicely offset by tangy acidity which drives the fruit through to a lingering finish. Give it a year or two and enjoy with spicy prawns.

Angus Hughson

Founder at Winepilot

Angus is an award-winning wine writer and the Founder and Publisher of Winepilot, the Australian Editor for leading international publication VINOUS with Antonio Galloni based in New York City and the Co-Publisher of The Australian Ark with over 15 years of publishing, writing and judging experience.

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