Marnong Estate Chardonnay 2024
$25, 12.8% alcohol, screwcap, Sunbury.
This is a frisky chardonnay, with extras. It tastes of citrus, nectarine, tinned pears and peaches, but – most appealingly – it carries a slip of almond cream-like flavour and texture, which adds both an attractive finishing touch, and a bit of class. This is well priced, well made, and well-good to drink. 90 points.
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.
Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.
