Kyneton Ridge Chardonnay 2024
- 91
- $42
- Drink by: 2024-2029
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There’s a softness and warm familiarity at first – Chardonnay fully ripened and looking good – before expanding into some more subtle winemaker-induced complexity. Yellow peach, nectarine, mango skin, citrus and pear show a richness in summer fruits, well worth the sourcing of this Chardonnay from Balgownie Estate in Bendigo. They are joined by roasted nuts, vanilla, spice and a touch of warm buttery-ness that elevates the flavour profile and the palate. A strong finish seals the deal.
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.
