Patrick Sullivan Bull Swamp Chardonnay 2024

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Patrick Sullivan Bull Swamp Chardonnay 2024.

Patrick Sullivan Bull Swamp Chardonnay 2024
$90, 13.8%, DIAM cork, Gippsland.

This is both compelling and characterful. One sip and it makes you sit up and take notice. It’s minorly flinty, and smoky, with grilled peach, mint, burnt cream and apple flavours charging through, and a green pineapple note to the acidity. In fact the acidity here is searing, though the boldness of the fruit works perfectly as a counterpoint. Don’t drink this prior to 2027, if not further out; it needs the extra time. 94 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 an independent 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, who is 100% independent, 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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