Flowstone Chardonnay 2024
$45, 13% alcohol, screwcap, Margaret River.
There’s a fresh attack of flavour and a run through the finish which, combined, makes for highly enjoyable drinking. This is an example of Margaret River chardonnay in a very good place. It tastes of stonefruit, aromatic herbs, the merest whisper of flint and a combination of toasted cedarwood and nougat. It drinks like a charm. 93 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.
