Penfolds' flagship white earned its nickname early, but its ability to age was questioned for years — once, over dinner, by Penfolds' own chief winemaker. A bottle of the 2011 settles the argument. [Penfolds Yattarna Chardonnay 2011 — Fourteen Years On]
Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. He founded The Winefront, is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion (and former editor of Halliday magazine), and is the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He is 100% independent, and tastes between 5,000 and 10,000 wines each year, blind and in comparative brackets as often as is practicable.
Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.
