🍷 Appearance

Brilliant golden straw with attractive pale yellow hues and subtle amber highlights, displaying excellent clarity and brightness. An inviting appearance reflecting the wine’s maturity, generous fruit character and appealing Chardonnay style.

👃 Aromas

An expressive and inviting bouquet of ripe peach, yellow nectarine, baked apple and fresh melon, complemented by delicate notes of citrus zest and tropical pineapple. Subtle hints of vanilla, toasted nuts, gentle butter and creamy biscuit characters contribute additional aromatic complexity, creating a rich and appealing bouquet with attractive developed nuances.

👅 Palate

Smooth, generous and beautifully rounded, delivering attractive flavours of ripe peach, juicy nectarine, baked apple and refreshing citrus. Delicate tropical fruit characters provide additional richness, while subtle notes of vanilla, toasted almond and gentle buttery complexity add further interest. Balanced acidity maintains freshness and definition, creating a harmonious and approachable palate with satisfying depth and character.

🍈 Texture & Finish

Smooth, creamy and beautifully rounded, with a soft, generous texture providing an appealing and satisfying mouthfeel. The palate displays attractive fruit richness and gentle acidity, finishing with lingering stone fruit, baked apple, citrus and subtle toasted nut characters.

🍇 Overall Style

A rich, approachable and generously flavoured organic Chardonnay from South Australia, showcasing the variety’s characteristic ripe stone fruit flavours, rounded texture and attractive complexity. The 2020 vintage has had additional time in bottle, potentially allowing the development of more integrated fruit flavours and subtle savoury nuances. A satisfying Australian white wine suited to those who appreciate a fuller, softer Chardonnay style. Best enjoyed lightly chilled, with the wine’s condition assessed before serving given its age.

🍽️ Food Pairing

An excellent accompaniment to roast chicken, grilled salmon, creamy seafood pasta, garlic prawns and roast pork. Equally enjoyable with mushroom risotto, chicken in creamy sauces, grilled vegetables, soft cheeses and rich pasta dishes. Its generous fruit flavours and rounded texture make it particularly appealing with creamy and savoury meals.

🥂 BBD Verdict

Annais Organic Chardonnay 2020 is an interesting addition to Better Buy The Dozen’s Australian white wine selection. Offering a generous Chardonnay style with ripe stone fruit flavours, rounded texture and potential bottle-aged complexity, it will appeal to customers who enjoy richer, more developed white wines. Its organic credentials provide additional interest for those seeking wines produced using organic vineyard practices. A worthwhile consideration for Chardonnay enthusiasts or inclusion in a personally selected mixed dozen, particularly for customers who appreciate mature white wines. As a 2020 vintage, careful storage and bottle condition are important to ensuring an enjoyable drinking experience.

Cheers
Peter Turnbull
Better Buy The Dozen 🍷