Kooyong Estate Clonale Chardonnay 2024
- 93
- $38
- Drink by: 2025-2028
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Takes a dip into the very heart and soul of Mornington Peninsula Chardonnay at an approachable price. Summery stone fruits and citrus aplenty, enhanced texturally with time in oak and trimmed in bright acidity, Clonale ticks all the boxes. A blend of Chardonnay from Kooyong’s Tuerong and Balnarring vineyards, fermented in French oak (12% new) and bottled without fining, it is immediately appealing with its touch of lime peel, Meyer lemon and spice set among a riot of white peach and nectarine. Super clean and crisp as snow, it’s easy to see why Chardonnay is having yet another moment with drinkers.
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.
