Collalto Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2019
- 93
- $35
- Drink by: 2021 - 2028
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There is a touch more ripeness of fruit on display in 2019, a change up from the previous release, with the emergence of tropical fruits.
The bright, summery tone is still evident – obviously a house as well as regional style – with stone fruits aplenty.
Creamy and textural in almond bread tones and lemon curd fill the mouth.
Generally, a fuller, rounder expression than the 2017, which is also on release.
Which one to choose? Well, that comes down to individual taste and style. Of course, you can always choose both.
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.
