Review: Kellybrook Single Vineyard Siwa Chardonnay 2022

Kellybrook continues to go good, modern Yarra style. This is clever Chardonnay from Kellybrook’s Wonga Park Vineyard (known as Siwa, which sounds like an African game park). Whole-bunch-pressed, wild fermented in barrel. Crafty, Solidsy funk, a little custard powder, lots of funk. Underneath it’s a brisk and grapefruity Chardonnay though – tight and taut. Maybe too taut, but more than enough layers through the mid-palate to make it interesting. Yes, like.

THE VERDICT

• Best drinking: now to at least five years
• Score (out of 20): 18
• Score (out of 100): 93
• Alcohol %: 12.5
• RRP (in $AUD): 45
• Winery website: https://www.kellybrookwinery.com.au/
• Would I buy it?: sure would