Paralian Chardonnay 2024

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Paralian Chardonnay 2024.

Paralian Chardonnay 2024
$55, 13% alcohol, screwcap, Adelaide Hills.

This is one of the best chardonnays of the year and, even at $55, is one of the best value. It screams quality and would compete, easily, with wines at double the price, if not more. It was grown on the Bowyer Ridge vineyard in the Adelaide Hills, and while it’s flavoursome, fresh and complex, the soaring sling of the finish really sets it apart. Wow for the win. Flint, white peach, cream, chalk, woodsmoke and more: this wine has it all going on. 97 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 both The Winefront site (the home of Australia’s best wine reviews) and of Mattinson Photography.

Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer 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 national Best Australian Sports Writing Award. In 2026 three of his photographs were short-listed for the World Food Photography Awards.

Campbell Mattinson is a storyteller. He is a journalist, a photographer, a filmmaker and a wine critic, and in all of these mediums his prime motive is to tell people's stories.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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