- Winery: Johansen Wines
- Wine Region: Tumbarumba, New South Wales
- Variety: Chardonnay
- Vintage: 2021
- Price: $42
- Find it: From the winery direct
- Alcohol content: 12.5%
- You’ll like this if: You like a balanced Chardy
- Body: Medium
- Mouthfeel: Rounded
- Taste: Complex, elegant, smooth
- Flavours: Lemon, Cashew, Nougat
- Enjoy it with: A nice meal
- Food pairings: Roast chicken, Shellfish, pork
Wine review: Johansen Wines Chardonnay 2021
In November I visited the Tumbarumba wine region for the first time and discovered some incredible wines. Over the two jam-packed days, we visited a number of wineries and vineyards, one being Johansen Wines. All their wines were fantastic, as was their cellar door, and the Johansen Wines Chardonnay 2021 really blew me away. I loved it so much that I leapt at the opportunity to share it with you all when I received a sample. This Chardonnay shows a beautiful purity of fruit, yet has a nice balance with oak influence. It really ticked the boxes for me when it comes to Chardonnay, and if you’re like me, I think you’ll love this one too.
The Johansen Wines Chardonnay 2021 is a really special wine. On the nose, it has notes of lemon alongside cashew and nougat which follow through into the palate. It has a lovely complexity with the crisp and clean notes of Tumbarumba fruit alongside oak influence. This wine really has it all and delivers in lovely, balanced complexity that keeps you coming back for more. Paired with a lovely long finish, this wine lingers and has you going back for more sip after sip. It’s the kind of wine that makes you say ‘wow’ when you try it.
About Johansen Wines
I absolutely loved visiting Johansen Wines. Their cellar door has a lovely warm feel to it and I felt really welcomed with Helle and Tom Southwell taking us through their wines. They had the widest range of wines for us to try, and we also had some great conversations with their parents Robert and Heather Johansen.
It was so interesting trying their wide range of wines and hearing the stories behind them. It was interesting hearing the pivots that Tom worked with winemakers to make when things didn’t work out as planned. For example, they tried a pet nat and it ended up as a cracking Grenache Rosé, and their Riesling was meant to be dry but didn’t showcase the fruit as well as Tom wanted, so it ended up as a beautiful off-dry style.
You can find out more about this wine at the Johansen Wines website.
Note: This wine was sent as a sample. I was under no obligation to post about it.