Irvine Altitude Eden Valley Chardonnay 2023
$35, 12.9% alcohol, screwcap, Eden Valley.
Pear, lime, stonefruit and pineapple characters come infused with a delicious strain of honeysuckle. This is a very good chardonnay; crisp and elegant at heart but with a good array of flavours, a gentle creaminess to the texture, and excellent length through the finish. 92 points.
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.
