Cannibal Creek Gippsland Reserve Chardonnay 2023
- 95
- $68
- Drink by: 2025-2033
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I have a soft spot for Gippsland Chardonnay, particularly when it’s as good as this. It’s the kind of wine that you just want to keep drinking as it delivers everything in spades. The aromas are intense – grapefruit, white flowers, salt, apricot, cream – showing ripeness and judicious use of oak. The flavours linger and are heightened by the oily, energetic and full-flavoured palate. The Reserve Chardonnay is always a cracker right on release but it can also cellar for at least 5-8 years more – if you can wait that long. I recommend it with something salty like pan-fried fish or something creamy and pasta based.
Brendan is a Melbourne-based writer, filmmaker, playwright and composer. Since 2013, he has been published in national and regional Australian titles such as Halliday Magazine, Gourmet Traveller Wine, Grapegrower and Winemaker, Gippslandia, Gippsland Lifestyle, Yarra Valley and Ranges and Gippsland Country Life magazines. Brendan was a finalist for 2024 Wine Communicator Awards in the 'Best Published Feature Article or Wine Column' category. He has completed the WSET Level 3 course (gaining a Distinction) and has a passion for small producers of wine, beer and spirits. He is also the co-editor of 'I'm Not a Film Star: David Bowie as Actor' for Bloomsbury Academic.
