Brewery Hill Chardonnay Viognier 2008

by Julie & Neil Swift on February 3, 2010

in Australia, Featured

Brewery Hill Chardonnay Viognier 2008

Chardonnay is not one of my top 5 favourites of white wine so it was interesting to taste it mixed with Viognier, a wine I know little about. The combination was great, and not too over powering with flavour, even though the alcohol percentage was high for a white wine.

I shared this wine with some friends over a Chilli followed by cheeses and as we chatted all felt this was a good smooth easy drinking wine which would withstand most kinds of food flavours. 7.5/10 from us!
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