Cape Mentelle Heritage Chardonnay 2022
- 95
- $150
- Drink by: 2024-2036
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An assured, confident Chardonnay, harmonious in both aroma and taste. There are layers to explore: some complex, some sunny and bright, some savoury, some oak defined, some a little exotic. Lifted aromas in peach, quince paste, mango skin, almond meal, cut pear, ginger root and toffee apple. Bright acidity is seamlessly laid against a strong base of peach, citrus and quince fruit with some savoury influences of preserved lemon and miso. There’s a gentle nuttiness, too, and a touch of exotic cardamon and spice. Depth of flavour and concentration will hold it in good stead for a long future.
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.
