Jack Rabbit The Bellarine Chardonnay 2018
- 93
- $38
- Drink by: 2020 - 2028
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Always a standout on the Bellarine Peninsula and at Jack Rabbit, chardonnay from this part of the world is strong in flavour intensity and notable in structure. It’s a win-win situation combining not only early drinking pleasure but the opportunity for aging further.
The 2018 vintage sings. White peach, stone fruits, citrus peel, touch of background smoky oak. Creamy texture and buttery richness (that is, for a cool climate – it’s a relative thing) with a vanillin and nutty complexity. Top drinking.
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.
