Chalmers Appassimento 2021
$53 (375ml), 10.5% alcohol, screwcap, Heathcote.
Outrageously floral and outrageously delicious. Made with moscato giallo, dried on racks and (therefore) concentrated in flavour. Orange, toffee, hay, burnt apples, earth, musk and assorted florals, with a honey-and-apple character in there too. It’s lush but contained, full of interest, fresh, forward, and many more things. Cheers to Chalmers, they’ve created a bit of a treat here. 93 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.
