Cape Mentelle Chardonnay 2022
- 93
- $60
- Drink by: 2024-2032
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Margaret River specialises in Chardonnays with sunny dispositions that beautifully reflect the region’s Mediterranean climate. Cape Mentelle is no different, and in 2022 we see excellent vintage conditions contributing to an aromatic, warm and textural Chardonnay and, yes, one that is very much sunny in disposition. Lime peel, citrus, white peach, toast and almond meal aromas. Speaks of summer stone fruits, nougat and lifted citrus, well defined and assisted in length and impact by a chalky, dry acidity. Almost understated – almost – except for that middle palate richness and texture. Good tension throughout and length.
Jeni Port is one of Australia’s top wine communicators. Based in Melbourne, Jeni created the first wine column in the (then) Sun News-Pictorial before moving over to The Age and becoming that paper’s longest-serving wine writer. Over the years she has written for most Australian wine magazines and these days calls WinePilot home. She is also a Tasting Panel member on the Halliday Wine Companion. She was named Wine Communicator of the Year and Legend of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in 2014 and in 2018 Legend of the Vine. She is a founding board member of Australian Women In Wine and is the co-deputy chair of Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards.
