Parishes Chardonnay 2022
- 88
- $22
- Drink by: 2023-2026
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Hails from the Limestone Coast which, naturally enough, boasts limestone soils and a maritime-influenced climate. Both these factors work well with the Chardonnay grape. The 2022 Parishes offers a good flow of ripe summer stone fruits, lifted mango skin and citrus aromas. Partial new French oak maturation sees the palate offer slightly more expansive flavours with additional attractive almond mealiness and nuttiness. There is an appealing creamy texture, too. This is a solid Chardonnay that ticks all the varietal boxes.
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.
