Chateau Tanunda The Chateau Chardonnay 2024

Written By Campbell Mattinson

Chateau Tanunda The Chateau Chardonnay 2024
$40, 13.5% alcohol, screwcap, Eden Valley

There’s an argument to say that chardonnay should always be generous and should always be talkative. By that I mean that it should offer plenty of fruit flavour, and that this flavour should be served fresh and ready to be consumed. This wine is exactly that: it tastes of pear, citrus, nectarine and almonds, and while it’s generally low in oak there are smidgens of vanilla, roasted nut and cream-like characters to be enjoyed. It would be fun at a dinner party; it has plenty to say. 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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