Warramunda Estate Yarra Valley Chardonnay 2022
- 91
- $55
- Drink by: 2023-2032
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The cool, dry conditions in the lead up to the 2022 harvest in the Yarra Valley are reflected in this striking, steely young Chardonnay. Coiled, taut and edgy, it brings added meaning to the wine term, line and length. If you ever wondered why critics use the term or what it all means, here it is with driving, bright, natural acidity calling the shots and largely defining the wine. Preserved lemon, grapefruit, almond, saline and chalky scents. Not exactly textbook Yarra Valley, it’s less plush than usual, but the vintage allows for some savoury moments amid quince, white peach, spice and apricot pip dry flavours against a well-structured background of assertive, sherbet-like acidity. Offers tension plus and good cellaring credentials.
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.
