Chamisal Vineyards Califa Chardonnay 2023
13% alcohol, cork, San Luis Obispo Coast/California.
Wonderful texture. Grain, chalk, cream and wax characters move into fresh and cooked peach, honey, and smidgens of toast. Refreshing finish. Apple sauce and curry leaf as highlights. Organically-grown chardonnay from the Califa vineyard and a top example of it. 94 points.
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.
Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.
