2024 Pepper Tree Chardonnay 12 Pack

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Ken Gargett - Winepilot

The team described this is having fruit sourced from various cool climate regions, although we don’t know exactly which these are. The colour is a lemon/green. The end result is a refreshingly elegant style of Chardonnay, which will make an excellent accompaniment for a range of dishes where a little restraint is in order. The nose reveals aromas of stone fruits, citrus, florals, a gentle touch of vanillin oak and hints of peaches. The wine has focus and direction, with a minerally support system and a persistent finish. It is well balanced and there is every reason to believe it has future improvement in it. For enjoying over the next five to seven years. Ken Gargett Contributor at Winepilot Ken was born and bred in Brisbane, Queensland. He had a non-trendy, perfectly happy childhood, in a family convinced alcohol meant instant condemnation to Hades. But a break fishing on the Great Barrier Reef, and some good wine, started a serious obsession that eventually took over. It did not stop Ken being chastised later for drinking Pol champagne, disgusted he’d drink anything made by a Cambodian dictator. Now, Ken mostly writes on wine, champagne and spirits for various newspapers, magazines and books, but is perhaps best known for his work in The Courier Mail. He also has a little sideline writing on cigars, fishing, travel and food. When not writing, fly-fishing for trout in NZ or bonefish on the flats of Cuba, travelling or smoking cigars, he is no doubt following a variety of sporting teams – the occasionally glorious Queensland Reds rugby, the dysfunctional Washington Redskins, the dodgy Arsenal and especially revels in the world restored to its proper axis with the return of the Ashes to their rightful home. Wine writer and critic