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Australia’s Best Chardonnay? The Blind Tasting Shocked Us
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What actually happens when you blind taste some of Australia’s most hyped Chardonnays… against each other?
In this episode of The Wined Up Podcast, Trent is joined by the always insightful Marc Malouf for a deep dive into Australian Chardonnay. From cult favourites and benchmark producers to the styles, philosophies, and winemaking fingerprints that shape the country’s most talked-about bottles.
It’s raw, blind, occasionally chaotic, and full of genuine moments where both of us completely rethink what we thought we knew about Chardonnay. One wine gets described as “compelling”, another divides us with intense reductive character, and at one point we genuinely question whether Australian Chardonnay might now rival the world’s top chardonnays.
If you love Chardonnay, or think you hate it, this episode might genuinely surprise you.
Chapters
00:00 The French Wine Twist Nobody Expected
00:14 What Is Australia’s Favourite Chardonnay?
01:55 Mark’s Most Memorable Wine Ever
03:14 Why Riesling Might Beat Chardonnay
04:30 The Biggest Lesson From a Life in Wine
06:23 A Vintage Year of Life, Highs & Lows
08:24 Fresh Sourdough Before Nine Chardonnays
09:14 Why Great Chardonnay Is So Hard to Make
10:09 Does Australian Chardonnay Have an Identity?
21:03 The Blind Tasting Starts Getting Serious
23:33 Reductive Chardonnay Explained
26:26 “How Bloody Good Is Australian Chardonnay?”
29:34 Final Round: The Most Divisive Wine Yet
30:46 The Wine Geek Chardonnay Debate
31:00 Which Chardonnay Actually Won?
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