Diatom Santa Barbara Chardonnay 2023

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Diatom Santa Barbara Chardonnay 2023.

Diatom Santa Barbara Chardonnay 2023
14.5% alcohol, cork, Santa Barbara/US.

The alcohol levels of your average Californian chardonnay are pretty out there, in how high they are. This wine is ripped with fruit – peach and candied citrus – with some toast, white flowers, cream and pear characters. It’s 14.5% alcohol but, indeed, the flavours roll straight through the warmth. It’s an interesting style, and an interesting wine. It’s big and frisky at once. 92 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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