The Lane Vineyard Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2025
- 91
- $30
- Drink by: 2026-2031
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Soft, plush and ready to go, this is a fine introductory Adelaide Hills Chardonnay. One of the earliest Hills vintages on record has delivered a wine that is ready to be opened and enjoyed. Chock full of sunny flavour and approachability, it wisely employs subtle oak as a seasoning rather than the star, allowing the full sway of fruit to make an impact in peach, nectarine, melon, lemon citrus and spice with an inviting complex contribution of grilled nuts. Juicy citrus notes really work the tastebuds with pith and lemon skin bringing additional zestiness. Makes its mark in flavour and on price.
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.
