Dappled Appellation Chardonnay 2025
AU$45, 13% alcohol, screwcap, Yarra Valley.
Hell yes, is the simple review. It tastes of grapefruit, pear, citrus, peach and whispers of both cedar and flint. But it’s the wine as a whole, and its cohesion, and its general juiciness that is the main take, and the main attraction. This wine sits firmly in the “chardonnay for chardonnay lovers” class; it has that quintessential feel.
94 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.
Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.
