If you visit Eden Road Wines, just south of Murrumbateman along the Barton Highway, you might sense a little touch of France around the cellar door.
Winemaker Celine Rousseau together with viticulturalist Thomas Lefebvre both hail from wine’s motherland and apply their considerable experience and expertise to crank out superb cool-climate wines.
A great example of a wine that ticks all the boxes is the subject of today’s “swirl” – the Eden Road “The Long Road” Chardonnay 2018.
The swirl reveals stone fruit aromas including white peach and nectarine with a smidge of apricot and a hint of vanilla bean.
The palate is rich and smooth with ripe peach flavours with a creamy texture and a lingering lick of acid that gives the wine a lovely crisp edge.
The team at Eden Road have applied the expert use of French oak to squeeze out every bit of this wine’s potential.
This wine cries out for a richly sauced chicken dish such as my choice for the evening, chicken breast with garlic, herb and butter sauce.
Available at the Cellar Door for $30 or online.
Brent Lello – Yass Valley Times Wine Columnist
