Mitolo Of The Wind Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2023
- 90
- $52
- Drink by: 2024-2027
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The Italian background of the maker shines here, producing a tantalising touch of preserved lemon savouriness. Indeed, a lemony citrus quality dominates this lean style of Chardonnay. Picked early, it might be a product of the vintage or the chosen style of the winemaker or a bit of both. Grapefruit pith, lemon zest, preserved lemon and yellow apple notes work their way across the wine. Light and zesty, the middle palate offers a big, savoury, lemony hug dressed in tart lemony acidity. Some further time in bottle will probably suit those who aren’t into high acidity.
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.
