Rochford Isabella’s Chardonnay 2023

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Rochford Isabella’s Chardonnay 2023 ready for review.

Rochford Isabella’s Chardonnay 2023
AU$75, 13.5% alcohol, screwcap, Yarra Valley.

This is a serious chardonnay offering both substantial flavour and complexity. It’s a taut wine but that doesn’t stop the meal, grilled peach, honeysuckle and flint characters from exploding forth, bringing cream and nougat characters along for the ride. The finish is then all citrus, cream and cedar – and more importantly, is ultra convincing. This is top notch gear from Rochford.

94+ 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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