Cloudbreak Nouveau Collection Chardonnay 2024
- 92
- $28
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It’s not an easy feat to make excellent Chardonnay and even harder to bring it under $30, but Jack Tomich has crafted a wine that ticks plenty of boxes here. Poached apples, white nectarines and yellow plum. A squeeze of lemon acidity and the vanilla flecks of bean in a whipped meringue. Oak is skillfully placed showing some sweet spices but tasteful and discreet to suit the scope of fruit. If I knew this level of detail and handling was available at this price point, I’d buy a whole heap more of it. It’s a fruit tingling wine, with whipped butter and a lovely nougatine finish. Impressive and exciting. Serve with pan roasted king prawns and garlic aioli.
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.
