Carlei Estate Chardonnay 2012

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Mattinson review of Carlei Estate Chardonnay 2012.

Carlei Estate Chardonnay 2012
$59, 13%, screwcap, Yarra Valley.

Only 216 dozen were made, and the wine is now thirteen years old. It’s amazing that any has survived this long and yet survive it has and, indeed, thrive. This is a lovely drink. It’s golden in colour, slipped with tangerine, mandarin and grilled peach flavours, creamy/buttery in both texture and taste, and then honeyed and citrussy through the finish. It is fully mature now, in the best of ways. 92 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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