Otway Wines Reserve Chardonnay 2024

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Otway Wines Reserve Chardonnay 2024.

Otway Wines Reserve Chardonnay 2024
AU$40, 13% alcohol, screwcap, Geelong.

In an ideal world this wine would be cellared for another three or four years prior to drinking it. It has that kind of staying power, and that kind of potential. It tastes of lemon curd, peach, waxed apple, nashi pears, grilled nuts and custard powder, with honeysuckle characters lingering throughout. It has both a richness and a directness, the latter resulting in an impressively long finish. It’s a fine wine. It’s well made, well fruited, and memorable.

93+ 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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