Penfolds has never published where the fruit in Yattarna V came from. But V is a blend of five Yattarna vintages, and each of those is on the record — so the answer can be assembled. Campbell did the collating, then tasted the wine for a second time, four years on. [Penfolds Yattarna V Chardonnay]
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.
