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

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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