Mayford Chardonnay 2014 – 96 Points

There are no pretensions to fashion with Mayford’s chardonnay, this is all about texture, flavour and body, complex yet neatly composed. A fuller-bodied although not a big wine, it’s still tight offering up stone fruit, citrus and preserved lemon, quite intensely citrus actually with hints of oak spice, nutty, mealy leesy nuances fleshing out the palate so there’s texture too balanced out by neat acidity. As with the best chardonnays, this is moreish, savoury and a real palate pleaser. While Mayford’s tempranillo usually takes centre stage, its chardonnay has well and truly found its groove. Cellaring: 2016 to 2026.

Jane Faulkner, Winematters