Murdoch Hills The Rocket Chardonnay 2024

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Murdoch Hills The Rocket Chardonnay 2024.

Murdoch Hills The Rocket Chardonnay 2024
AU$93, 12.5% alcohol, screwcap, Adelaide Hills.

Single vineyard release from the Lenswood sub-region of the Adelaide Hills. This wine is fast becoming one of Australia’s best chardonnays and, in the case of this specific release, most certainly is.

Flinty and flat-out good. White peach, lactose, pear, white flowers and struck match notes come charging through the palate in the most convincing and authoritative fashion. It's not heavy but it's powerful, impressive and ultimately sensationally long. Brine and dried herb notes emerge as it breathes, though whatever the individual flavours, the effect stays the same. This is top-quality chardonnay from start to finish. 96 points – Campbell Mattinson.

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.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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