Ghostgum Vineyard Chardonnay 2023

Compare the pair: Top dog Australian Chardonnay from Southern Light Vineyards & Tapanappa

There’s a slot in the Australian Wine and Drinks Review fridge where I always like to keep a classic white wine. Something for drinking, not tasting, that I’m going to enjoy drinking at any moment if I feel like it. Not a ‘break in case of emergency’ wine, but more ‘I’m thirsty and don’t want to fuck around’.

Either of these two Chardonnay releases can sit in that slot, no worries.

Besides wanting to drink the Ghostgum Vineyard Chardonnay 2023 & Tapanappa Tiers 1.5m Chardonnay 2024, the really interesting part is how these two identically priced, high-quality white wines go about things.

Let’s have a look at the wines first:

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Andrew Graham was once voted the 23rd most trusted wine critic on the planet. A WCA Journalism Young Gun now old hack with 25yrs as a buyer, judge, journalist, marketer and too much more.

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