J. Lohr Arroyo Vista Arroyo Seco Chardonnay 2023

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of J. Lohr Arroyo Vista Chardonnay Arroyo Seco 2023.

J. Lohr Arroyo Vista Arroyo Seco Chardonnay 2023
14.5% alcohol, Arroyo Seco, Monterey.

If you like rich, generous Chardonnay you'd hoover this straight up. It offers caramel notes, and grilled peach flavours, and with this comes a certain creaminess to the texture. We’re looking at very ripe fruit here – it almost feels sweet, such is the fruit ripeness – with rounds of custard and toffee notes layered through toasted stonefruits, into cooked apple. This is US $25; you get a lot of bang for your buck here. 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 a respected 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 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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