Jack Estate M-R Series Chardonnay 2024
$15, 13.5% alcohol, screwcap, South Easter Australia.
This wine charges out of the gate with pineapple, pear, peach and citrus fruit flavour. It’s lively and refreshing and carries a touch of lemongrass-like flavour for that bit extra. It’s perfect for the casual lunch table. 89 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.
