Xanadu Reserve Chardonnay 2018

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Xanadu Reserve Chardonnay 2018.

Xanadu Reserve Chardonnay 2018
AU$169, 13% alcohol, screwcap, Margaret River.

Museum release.

This is an incredible chardonnay. The intensity of the flavour, the feel of it in your mouth, the X-factor and the exciting sling of extra through the finish. Everything here is A-Grade and more. It tastes of grapefruit, ripe pears, pineapple and sweet spices, though there are also whispers – and no more – of nougat and oyster shells. It’s all about the flavour and mouthfeel but then the finish itself takes some beating, such is the extremity of its length. We don’t generally talk about chardonnay as being suitable for long-term ageing but this wine will still be going strong for another decade or more.

96 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.

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