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

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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Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.

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