Cooks Lot Iconique Barrique Rolled Chardonnay 2019

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Cooks Lot Iconique Barrique Chardonnay Rolled 2019.

Cooks Lot Iconique Barrique Rolled Chardonnay 2019
$60, 13% alcohol, screwcap, Orange.

This wine is seven years old but it feels as though it’s only just starting its journey. A long life can be expected – if you can keep your hands off it. It offers a great deal of richness, a wealth of texture to go with it, and an excellent extra push of flavour through the finish. It tastes of ripe peaches, cedar, pine, butter, cashews and cream, with crushed fennel and saltbush notes popping through the aftertaste. This wine isn’t the life of the party; it is the party. 93+ 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 both The Winefront site (founded in 2002, and the home of Australia’s best Australian wine reviews) and Mattinson Photography.

Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer 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 national 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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