The Botham All-Rounder Chardonnay 2017
The entry level white in the range is made from Botham’s favourite white grape: Chardonnay.
Using wine from right across Australia, this Chardonnay was blended by Botham to meet his taste for ripe styles, be they white or red.
Speaking exclusively to db, Botham said that he had created the wine from a choice of 450 different Chardonnays, and had insisted the final blend contained 30% white wine from Margaret River in Western Australia, which is famous for its high-quality Chardonnays, often with flavours of stone fruit, such as peaches and apricots.
The rest of the wine comes from a range of parcels in South Eastern Australia.
Considering this is a white that retails for £8 in the UK, it is a high standard of Chardonnay, with lots of peach and apricot fruit along with a touch of apple and grapefruit, giving it a fresh sensation on the finish. It’s not an especially complex wine, but has an appealing youthful fruitiness and balancing acidity. Certainly a good introduction to Botham’s tastes.
Score: 88
RRP: £8
ABV: 12.5%
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