Pacha Mama Chardonnay 2024
- 91
- $35
- Drink by: 2025-2029
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Fruit is sourced from Rising Vineyard in the northern Yarra Valley. Partial malo, fermentation in French barriques and extended lees aging and battonage. White apple flesh, pomelo and grated lime skin. A note of dry sand stone and fennel seed. This is zesty with some nougatine creaminess and lightly toasted almond spice. Acidity pushes the wine into some finite angles with a subtle hint of creamy cashew on the finish. Try this with cauliflower and comte bake. Drink now or will cellar for another 3-4 years.
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.
