Allegiance Wines Tumbarumba Unity Chardonnay 2024

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Review of allegiance tumbarumba chardonnay

Allegiance Wines Tumbarumba Unity Chardonnay 2024
$65, 12.0% alcohol, screwcap, Tumbarumba.

This chardonnay is likely to develop well. It has attractive flavours/scents of flint, nectarine, pear and peach, with just enough cedarwood oak to make it feel special. This wine is also, though, keen with citrussy acidity; despite its undeniable flavour, its spine is prominent. As a result, it will be a few years before it enters its peak drinking period; once the wines mellows, then we’ll be away. 91+ 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 the highly respected The Winefront site.

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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