Forrest Marlborough Chardonnay 2022
- 90
- $40
- Drink by: 2024-2028
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Picked ripe and it shows, with an immediate burst in sunny tropical fruit aromas in passionfruit, peach, mango, melon and Meyer lemon. Soft, juicy and easy going thanks to a supple acid profile, this is a Chardonnay that could easily be dismissed on the first taste. However, second time around reveals a greater depth and persistence of flavour, with a solid foundation in citrus which helps tame some of the sweet, ripe, tropical fruit salad qualities. A soft, leesy oatmeal and gentle nuttiness brings extra charm, texture and depth.
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.
