Mayford Chardonnay 2010 – 94 Points

This is an exciting chardonnay release for Mayford and the Alpine Valleys. Its a wine of style and charm and, most importantly, pure enjoyment. I loved the 2008 Mayford Chardonnay but for my own drinking pleasure, this is the one. It’s got both flavour and refinement in spades. Fennel, gunsmoke, nashi pears and limes. There’s a drift of tinned pineapple-like flavour but it soon turns flinty and dry. Mealy, leesy elements and complexity. But it’s not the individual components so much as the overall effect; it smells and tastes delicious and as it breathes in the glass it just gets classier and classier. Rated: 94 Points.

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