Robert Mondavi Private Selection Buttery Chardonnay 2019
- 88
- $25
- Drink by: 2021 - 2024
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I think chardonnay might be my favourite white variety. I adore it for its versatility and range of styles. But it can be hard to know what you are buying. That isn’t the case here – it has ‘Buttery Chardonnay’ stamped right there on the label.
And buttery it is. My first thought was buttered popcorn; rich and toasty. Behind the spicy oak is ripe stonefruit and juicy rockmelon (or, since we are talking about American wine – cantaloupe).
On the palate it’s like a peach pie, served with a big scoop of vanilla bean ice cream. It has the texture of whipped cream; full-bodied and satin-like. After all that hedonism there is enough acidity to cut through and keep it fresh. If you love your chardonnay oaky and silky smooth then this is for you.
Drink it with braised chicken marylands and lots of crusty bread and butter to soak up the juices.
Nicole loves wine. So much so that she gave up a successful career in Pharmacy, perfected her spitting technique, and moved from sunny Queensland to the wine-drenched laneways of Melbourne. Stints in hospitality, wineries, retail, sales and marketing filled the next few years while Nicole built her knowledge and searched for the right path. She completed the Wine and Spirits Education Trust (WSET) Diploma in 2016 and became a certified WSET Educator the following year. She now juggles a number of roles including teaching people about wine, curating wines lists for restaurants and bars, judging in Australian wine shows and, of course, writing. In 2016 she won the Negociants Working With Wine writing award and has since contributed to Gourmet Traveller WINE, Halliday Wine Companion Magazine and Nourish Magazine.
