Petaluma White Label Chardonnay 2023
- 92
- $29
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Ripe peach and grilled nectarine meld with toasty cedar oak to start, followed by some pastry dough complexity from lees contact. Some air allows the fruit notes to fill out and feature. The palate is full bodied and textural, with cedar making way for stone fruit notes akin to the nose and some melon and ripe citrus in support. Some gentle phenolic structure helps shape the finish, framing it all up to medium length. There’s no shortage of flavour and texture here, and a lot of wine for $29.
Tom Kline is a wine writer, reviewer, presenter, and educator based in Victoria, Australia. He is the Australian correspondent for the internationally respected publications Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy and Jane Anson Inside Bordeaux, where he highlights the top tier of Australian wine for a global audience. Tom also writes for leading outlets including Decanter (UK), Wine Spectator (US), and Halliday Magazine, among others. An experienced wine show judge and WSET educator, he has authored several consumer-focused wine courses aimed at making wine more accessible and engaging. In 2023, Tom was awarded Best Published Feature Article or Wine Column at the prestigious Wine Communicator Awards, presented by Wine Communicators of Australia.
