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

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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