Riversdale Estate Chardonnay 2021
- 92
- $45
- Drink by: 2022-2026
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Plenty of varietal and winemaking scents to please here, with yellow peach, melon, citrus, cashew nuts, struck match. Generous and warm hearted, the first impression is one of ripeness and a solid, textural presence. It settles into that personality the further you explore. A core of summer fruits, oak and spice is the basis of its appeal which is only enhanced by a mineral-laced acidity that lifts the entire wine. Finishes long with a tail of clean lime and citrus which is beautifully refreshing.
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.
