Bradley Hutton Wildberry Chardonnay 2023
- 94
- $90
- Drink by: 2024-2029
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Single vineyard, indigenous yeats, barrel fermented and matured in French oak for 12 months. For a newly released wine this is decidedly well integrated. There is a cacophony of exotic tropical fruits, guava, mango and blush nectarines. Struck blue stone, pink frangipani blooms and peanut shells. Makrut lime leaf, mangosteen and a hint of passionfruit. Oak is displayed in its generous and rounded mouthfeel backed by powerful driving acidity. There is a lot at play here with layers of fruit flavours and weighty palate richness. Drink well now but time might be on its side allowing more detail to unravel, I’d cellar for around 2-5 years more. A lovely wine to show off bbq shellfish, tiger prawns and buttery dipping sauce.
Shanteh cut her teeth at Sydney’s Award-Winning Quay restaurant where she worked for over a decade and was Head Sommelier from 2018 till 2022. She has been nominated for the Good Food Guide Sommelier of the Year award on three occasions and claims that her experience as a Len Evans scholar as one of the highlights of her career. Shanteh hosts her own weekly podcast ‘Over A Glass’ with the Deep in the Weeds Network and spends her time writing for various publications and judging at numerous wine shows across the country.
