Mayfield Single Vineyard Chardonnay 2021
- 93
- $34
- Drink by: 2022-2027
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The 2021 Chardonnay grapes were picked at 900m from vines aged around 25 years. The wine parades a combination of peach halves, roasted marcona almonds and lemon meringue pie. White nectarine and green melon dominate the palate with an oyster shell saline finish. Matured for seven months in a combination of 20% new and seasoned oak, this wine gathers up a collection of intriguing aromatics and delivers the zippy acidity and elegance of cool climate Orange in one. I’d love to see this wine served alongside sweet shellfish like pearl meat or razor clams. A pure wine.
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.
