Mandala Sands Chardonnay 2025

Written By Campbell Mattinson

Mandala Sands Chardonnay 2025
$60, 12.5% alcohol, screwcap, Yarra Valley.

This is a dry chardonnay with pear, brine, nectarine and apple flavours working slowly towards nougat and cedar-cream. It’s racy and refreshing at heart, but it’s also textural and complex, with no shortage of sophistication. It’s only a few months old but as it rests in the bottle it will develop (extra) flesh, and be even better for it. Right now it presents as both tasty and racy, in a good way. 92 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 an independent 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, who is 100% independent, 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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