Hesketh Small Batch Chardonnay 2024

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Review of Hesketh Small Batch Chardonnay 2024.

Hesketh Small Batch Chardonnay 2024
$32, 13% alcohol, screwcap, Adelaide Hills.

The flavour strikes out at you, in a good way. There’s nothing wimpy about this chardonnay and yet, at the same time, it still feels juicy and fresh. It tastes of apple and pineapple, peach and pear, and while there’s a slip of cedarwood oak it’s applied in modest proportions. All the ducks are in a row here. This wine offers punchy flavour, good freshness and mouthfeel, and a satisfying finish. 92 points.

Campbell Mattinson

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.

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Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.

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