Wynns Black Label Messenger Chardonnay 2025
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Sourced from the Messenger vineyard at the southern end of Coonawarra’s Terra Rossa strip, there’s a purity of fruit here to be celebrated without the artefact of winemaking stealing away its essence. White nectarine, a waft of lime with a raw almond creaminess opening proceedings, the palate echoing the aromas with tightly packed Chardonnay fruit, green pear notes included, oak way back in the rear, that nuttiness adding a natural richness to the flavours, no timber but a whisper of vanilla after 9 months in 28% new French oak. No mucking around with the fruit at all – it has a distinctive personality here and has been treated with the utmost respect by the most empathetic winemaking.
Tony is best known for his 10 years as News Corp’s National Wine Writer, with weekly columns in major metropolitan mastheads throughout Australia including The Adelaide Advertiser, The Sydney Daily Telegraph and the Melbourne Herald Sun. He continues to write feature articles and columns for all the major Australian wine media publications. Tony has also worked as a restaurant reviewer, section editor, book editor, digital content provider, journalism teacher and was named Wine Communicators of Australia 2018 Legend of the Vine (SA). Find out more about Tony at tonylove.com.au
