Jones Road Mornington Peninsula Chardonnay 2022
- 91
- $40
- Drink by: 2025-2026
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This opens with grilled nectarine, toasted pecans and butter on toast before some aeration fills things out with fresh white nectarine pulp, peach, Meyer lemon and ruby grapefruit. There’s some emergent peach blossom floral lift, too. The palate follows suit in the flavour spectrum, with a toastiness underpinning fresh nectarine and peach notes again, with Meyer lemon, pithy white grapefruit and a subtle nutty nuance in support. There’s some preserved lemon acidity to frame up and freshen the finish. More concentration would elevate this, but at a price point of $35, this is good drinking now.
Tom Kline is a wine writer, reviewer, presenter, and educator based in Victoria, Australia. He is the Australian correspondent for the internationally respected publications Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy and Jane Anson Inside Bordeaux, where he highlights the top tier of Australian wine for a global audience. Tom also writes for leading outlets including Decanter (UK), Wine Spectator (US), and Halliday Magazine, among others. An experienced wine show judge and WSET educator, he has authored several consumer-focused wine courses aimed at making wine more accessible and engaging. In 2023, Tom was awarded Best Published Feature Article or Wine Column at the prestigious Wine Communicator Awards, presented by Wine Communicators of Australia.
