Marnong Estate Chardonnay 2024
- 93
- $25
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Much like the Single Vineyard Chardonnay, this opens with pronounced gunsmoke reduction, before brine and cashew cream emerge, joined by white peach and green pear. Pastry dough notes surface with air from the lees, and the salinity is pronounced but attractively so. The palate walks a fine line between tension and texture, with leesy complexity wrapping around pear, sea salt, grapefruit and flint. Firm, bright, grapefruit-laced acidity gathers the fruit and pulls it through to a long, saline, flint-led finish. Excellent concentration. An epic modern Chardonnay that had me double-checking the price. All this for $25? Run, don’t walk.
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.
