Pierro Chardonnay 2023

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Pierro Chardonnay 2023 being reviewed by Campbell Mattinson.

Pierro Chardonnay 2023
$120, 14% alcohol, screwcap, Margaret River.

I’ve come across this wine three times over the course of the past eight months, and every time it has impressed, seriously. It’s the combination of overt power and absolute control that does it. It tastes of grilled stonefruits, pears, nougat and oak spice, though it also has a quartz-like aspect to the finish, and some flashes of crystallised citrus. It’s an outstanding chardonnay. Long, powerful and meticulous. Indeed it’s arguably one of the best Pierro chardonnays ever. 96 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 the highly respected The Winefront site.

Mattinson has been a respected wine critic and photo-journalist 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 prized Best Australian Sports Writing Award.

Mattinson 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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