Fearon Ferguson Valley Chardonnay 2025
- 91
- $45
- Drink by: 2026-2032
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There’s a lot to love in this wildly exotic yet reassuringly comforting Chardonnay: dried pineapple, nashi pear, cashew cream and brioche buns. It has all the characteristics of a big wine, yet it presents as reserved and intelligent. In the mouth, the fruit is abundant and enchanting, with apricot, preserved lemon peel and a little sassy slap of bitterness on the finish. It would suit a home-cooked roast chicken. Or the bagged kind. Either way, make sure it’s stuffed with bread. It’s definitely a grower, not a shower. It needs time to come out. Decant if drinking now.
A hopeless romantic for wine and food, Cyndal is nearing 15 years in hospitality while still (just) under 30. A Chef-turned-Sommelier and award-winning wine professional, Cyndal recently left a Group Sommelier role where she curated seven wine lists across multiple venues and led the wine team to Gourmet Traveller Wine Bar of the Year—just months after opening. Now freelance, Cyndal is a wine consultant, event host, wine judge, and wine writer. Passionate about sharing wine’s story with the world, she brings a fresh voice and creative solutions to the industry. After studying and traveling through most of her 20s, she’s now based in WA’s southwest, proudly embracing her role as a WA coastal cowgirl.
