Pimpernel Vineyards Yarra Valley Chenin Blanc 2021
- 95
- $50
- Drink by: 2024-2032
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Let’s hear it for Chenin Blanc popping its head up in a region dominated by Chardonnay. This is definitely one to watch, a Chenin with class and presence. Rousing aromatic florals, citrus blossom, lemon peel, pear and apple aromas. Delightful. There’s a lot going on here. Eighteen months ageing in old French barriques have brought additional layers of flavour to a complex palate, warm, textural and inviting. It offers a delicate balance of jasmine and acacia, almond meal, lemon curd and citrus with herbal notes of tarragon and ginger to close. Delicious, filigree fine acidity enhances. The hallmarks for ageing are there. More Valley Chenin, please!
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.
