Yes, Said The Seal Bellarine Chardonnay 2018
- 90
- $38
- Drink by: 2020 - 2026
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The new age of Chardonnay sees slimmer wines emerging, and they’re looking pretty svelte. Free of the burden of too much oak and too much everything, they sing with greater varietal purity.
That, by way of introduction, leads us to Yes, Said The Seal and a Chardonnay that celebrates freshness but also complexity.
Inviting aromas of crunchy apply, melon, nectarine, straw, almond meal.
The more detailed palate moves into nougat, grilled nuts, with a flash of honey and mealy texture, but it is the line of brisk acidity that drives the wine and brings it home. Moreish.
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.
