Marnong Estate Single Vineyard Chardonnay 2024
- 93
- $40
- Drink by: 2025-2030
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Is Sunbury warm or cooler in climate? One taste of this textural and finely delivered young Chardonnay, and the answer would seem to fall in the latter category. There is a delicacy in aroma led by white flowers, Meyer lemon, citrus, grapefruit and spice. It comes to life on the palate with crisp, super bright acidity – Sunbury Chardonnays are noted for their acidity – working hand in hand with honeysuckle florals, a strong, attractive vein of citrus, quince and a light spiciness. The moment belongs to the fruit which is handled with care. And then there’s the smooth textural run of the wine – a point of quality.
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.
