St Johns Wine Optimus The Terraces Chardonnay 2025
AU$100, 13% alcohol, screwcap, Margaret River.
Ripe, sunny, peach-like flavours come underpinned by nectarine, pear, brine and citrus fruit. All these flavours are then wrapped in an attractive cloak of cedar and nougat oak. This is a full, creamy, generous wine with its freshness intact, and with ample length. It benefits from a decant, and will be better again with another year or three of maturation in bottle.
92+ points – Campbell Mattinson.
