Allegiance Wines The Matron Orange Chardonnay 2026

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Allegiance Wines The Matron Orange Chardonnay 2026.

Allegiance Wines The Matron Orange Chardonnay 2026
AU$35, 12.5% alcohol, screwcap, Orange wine region.

This is a chardonnay of flow, flavour and length. It’s crisp by design, it flavours of pear, apple, nectarine and peach coming only lightly kissed by cedar and honey notes. It’s very young now but just watch this wine grow and blossom as time goes on; its best days are all ahead of it. Right now it feels well-balanced and well-crafted, which is exactly how you want it to feel.

91 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.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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