Château Tanunda The Château Eden Valley Chardonnay 2022

Signature scents assigned to Eden Valley Riesling appear here; the white flowers, spring blossom, the scent of lime pulp, the lively citrus notes. They rise from the glass, invitingly so, accompanied by white peach and apple. While the aromatics carry a clear Eden Valley stamp, the flavour profile takes on its own distinctive personality with a core of concentrated Chardonnay: warm, rich and smooth. This is a solid expression of the grape delivered with some sophistication. Stone fruits, lemon curd, apple, lime zest and grapefruit skin are crisp and clean against a background of soft vanillin French oak. It’s not shy, neither is it loud, rather it flows strong and long across the tongue, some gentle spice here, discreet nutty/leesy influences there, all wrapped in a fresh citrussy acidity.

Jeni Port

Wine critic at Winepilot

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.

Wine writer and critic