St Hugo, Chardonnay, 2022, Eden Valley, Australia

I am partial to a crisp buttery chardonnay and was looking forward to tasting this one from St Hugo’s but it wasn’t quite what I expected. Its a dry, crisp white wine with plenty of acidity. Lots of green apples and grass with a big hit of lemon and some grapefruit make it unbalanced to me. I was hoping for more buttery and vanilla notes and these make come through in the coming years if left.

At £20 a bottle its not cheap and I would like to try it again in 5 or 7 years to see how it matures.