Another of the flagship wines from the Orange region.

Swinging Bridge, Reserve Chardonnay, Orange 2014

NB: 2011 is declared on the label.

Mixture of old and new French oak. Exquisite packaging. Ripe peach stone fruit, structured cedary oak, white flour and white flowers and some milky vanilla fig panna cotta. Cereal savoury qualities lead to crisp peachy stone fruit (with a popcorn twist). The oak used like a cape to drape over the high altitude fruit. Will sit for many years as an example of the region.

RRP: $38

Alc: 12.7%

Wine sample courtesy of Swinging Bridge Wines and Define Wine