Pipers Brook Chardonnay 2024
- 93
- $45
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Freshness and power holds hands here. It smells of toasted nuts and stone fruits first off – nectarine, peach and apricot kernel. Some time in the glass unlocks flickers of woody brown spice and some prettying stone fruit blossom notes. Some lingering and subtle cedar beneath as a seasoning. There’s robust fruit and overall intensity on the palate – ripe nectarine, peach, kumquat, cedar and toasted nut tones again with a lemony acidity bringing tension and line along with a good lick of chalky phenolics. The finish is fresh and long. Give it some time to settle in the glass, and it rewards with a lovely balance of complexity, power and tension. Value on show here.
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.
