Charles Reuben Estate Light Oak Chardonnay 2024
$45, 12.7% alcohol, screwcap, Tasmania.
Crisp acidity, stonefruit characters, crushed oyster-like notes and a push of custard apple flavour. At two years of age this still feels (very) young and slightly edgy, though it should be an interesting drink with more time in the bottle. 89 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.
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