Cape Jaffa Chardonnay 2024
$25, 13% alcohol, screwcap, Mount Gambier.
In some ways this chardonnay is straight and direct – it’s refreshing – but in others it’s rich, textural and comforting. It’s built on citrussy flavour but then peach, honeysuckle, milk custard, honey and chalk notes add a fair deal of stuffing. It works a treat. It’s a lovely wine to drink. 91 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.
