Giaconda
Chardonnay 2022
Tastings, winery:
30 McClay Road, Everton Upper, Victoria, AustraliaBuy online directly from the producer:
www.giaconda.com.au/purchase/order
James Suckling - 98 points
2024
Giaconda Estate Vineyard Chardonnay 2022 is a distinguished white wine from the Beechworth region in Victoria, Australia. Renowned for its exceptional quality, this Chardonnay presents a golden lime green color and an intensely focused bouquet featuring aromas of jasmine flowers, white nectarines, grapefruit, galangal, and subtle toasty oak.
On the palate, it delivers multi-layered white fruits complemented by spice notes that enhance the tingling minerality on the finish. The wine exhibits a razor-sharp and precise attack, with a clean and steely persistence that is satisfyingly long.
The depth and roundness of the palate are remarkable, while the finish is tense, savory, and immensely gratifying.
About Giaconda
Giaconda is an Australian winery located in the Beechworth region of Victoria. It was founded in 1982 by Rick Kinzbrunner, a former mechanical engineer who developed an interest in wine in the early 1970s. Kinzbrunner gained experience working at esteemed wineries in New Zealand, the United States—including Stag's Leap, Simi, and Matanzas Creek—and Europe, where he worked with the Moueix group in Bordeaux, co-owners of the renowned Château Pétrus.
The winery is named after the Mona Lisa, known in Italian as La Gioconda. Giaconda is renowned for producing high-quality wines, particularly Chardonnay, which is considered among the best in Australia. The winery practices organic vinification and traditional winemaking methods, including gravity flow, fermentation with indigenous yeasts, and minimal filtration.
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