Watkins Macclesfield Chardonnay 2021

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Mattinson review of Watkins Macclesfield Chardonnay 2021.

Watkins Macclesfield Chardonnay 2021
$50, 12.5% alcohol, screwcap, Adelaide Hills.

This is a wine of uncommon deliciousness. It’s packed with flavour but it still manages to feel both neat and elegant. One sip and you just want to keep diving in for more. It tastes of peach, honey, vanilla pod and apple, with cedarwood oak applied with a light, skilful touch. At four years of age this wine is just starting to edge into its peak drinking years; it will keep drinking (very) well for the next 3-5 years at least. Lovely wine. 93 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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