Blackstone Paddock Limited Release Margaret River Chardonnay 2024

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Blackstone Paddock Limited Release Chardonnay Margaret River 2024.

Blackstone Paddock Limited Release Tasmania Pinot Noir 2024
$20, 13.5% alcohol, screwcap, Margaret River.

Twenty bucks for this? No way. I mean, like, no way. This is a really, seriously good chardonnay. And I don’t mean that it’s seriously good for $20. I mean that it’s seriously good, full stop, hands down. It tastes of struck match, white peach, apple, toast, cedar and green pineapple, and while it’s juicy and more-ish it’s also complex and then some. In fact this is so good that it’s almost too good. Those struck match characters are not going to be for everyone. But if you like complex, flinty chardonnay: this is pretty much the bargain chardonnay of the year. 93 points.

Campbell Mattinson

This article was written by Campbell Mattinson, former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion book, former editor of Halliday magazine, former editor of Australian Sommelier Magazine and founder of both the highly respected The Winefront site (founded 2002) and Mattinson Photography.

Mattinson has been an independent wine critic and photo-journalist since 1987. He’s the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He’s a past winner of a Louis Roederer International Wine Media Award; is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter; and is the author of the best-selling novel We Were Not Men. He’s also a winner of a St Kilda Film Festival Award (as writer-director) and is a former winner of the prized Best Australian Sports Writing Award.

Mattinson, who is 100% independent, puts a score out of 100 on every wine that he reviews. But what he’d rather do, is tell you the wine’s story.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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