Kooyong Farrago Single Block Chardonnay 2022
- 96
- $75
- Drink by: 2024-2032
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Farrago – “a confused mixture” – has to refer to the soil, but there is nothing confusing about this Mornington Peninsula Chardonnay. The soils are indeed a mottled mixture containing sandstone pebbles. The wine offers a purity of Chardonnay expression. Citrus blossom, lemon, grapefruit, citrus peel and spice aromas. Farrago offers energy to burn and grip on the palate tied to brisk acidity. Citrus flavours to the fore are a delight. Combines texture and mealy, nutty warmth with a background oak spiciness – top, all round Chardonnay drinking and, if you wish, cellaring.
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.
