Deep Down Marlborough Chardonnay 2025
- 92
- $60
- Drink by: 2026-2030
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Another example, they aren’t all that common, of a wine made from a variety grown in Marlborough in New Zealand, which is not named Sauvignon Blanc. The region does Chardonnay impressively and if the local Savvy hadn’t been so successful, no doubt we would have heard far more about wines from this variety, and a few others, from the region. Fermentation was with native yeasts. A glossy pale lemon/yellow, this is appealingly fresh in style. On the nose we have aromas of citrus and stone fruits, mandarins, peach pits and apricot skins. A flick of cashew emerges towards the finish. There is good length here and a line of fine acidity. The wine remains in focus at all times. Lots to like here and it should continue to provide pleasure over the next two to four years.
Ken was born and bred in Brisbane, Queensland. He had a non-trendy, perfectly happy childhood, in a family convinced alcohol meant instant condemnation to Hades. But a break fishing on the Great Barrier Reef, and some good wine, started a serious obsession that eventually took over. It did not stop Ken being chastised later for drinking Pol champagne, disgusted he’d drink anything made by a Cambodian dictator. Now, Ken mostly writes on wine, champagne and spirits for various newspapers, magazines and books, but is perhaps best known for his work in The Courier Mail. He also has a little sideline writing on cigars, fishing, travel and food. When not writing, fly-fishing for trout in NZ or bonefish on the flats of Cuba, travelling or smoking cigars, he is no doubt following a variety of sporting teams – the occasionally glorious Queensland Reds rugby, the dysfunctional Washington Redskins, the dodgy Arsenal and especially revels in the world restored to its proper axis with the return of the Ashes to their rightful home.
