Ludo Wines Forreston Alluvium Chardonnay 2022
- 92
- $42
- Drink by: 2023-2028
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Chardonnay grapes from an organically farmed vineyard in Forreston. It is fermented with native yeasts in stainless steel tanks and racked into seasoned American oak hogsheads. The wine spent 10 months in barrels with occasional lees-stirring. A Chardonnay with style, this has the aroma of lemon wedges served alongside salt and tequila shots (without regret). Yellow peach, orchard apples and citron tart. Unbaked pastry dough, almond flour and orange sherbert. Raw cashew cream and a zippy, lip smacking acidity. On the saline side with a bit of a chew to the phenolics. Drink now and will cellar for up to 5 years. A wine meant to be drunk in the great outdoors perhaps with a picnic and slice of quiche.
Shanteh cut her teeth at Sydney’s Award-Winning Quay restaurant where she worked for over a decade and was Head Sommelier from 2018 till 2022. She has been nominated for the Good Food Guide Sommelier of the Year award on three occasions and claims that her experience as a Len Evans scholar as one of the highlights of her career. Shanteh hosts her own weekly podcast ‘Over A Glass’ with the Deep in the Weeds Network and spends her time writing for various publications and judging at numerous wine shows across the country.
