SOUMAH Upper Ngumby Chardonnay 2024
- 94
- $52
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There’s depth and substance to the aroma. Ginger, melon, some leesy pastry dough, candied grapefruit and a lick of flint. The new oak char intersperses it all, though not overtly so. Good texture here – it’s creamy and fulsome but with a nice citrus cut and mineral finesse slicing it up and keeping freshness. Tight, chalky phenolics put up a frame around notes mirroring the nose – melon, ginger, lemon juice, cedar and pastry dough. Pithy acidity builds nicely through the finish, drawing length and retaining said freshness. This is good drinking – it has concentration, complexity and firm architectural structure keeping linearity, vigour and vim. Nicely done.
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.
