A peachy, succulent chardonnay

2012 The Edge, Unwooded Chardonnay, Great Southern, Western Australia (£11.69, by the case only, Sporting Wines, 0161-440 0968).

One of the great pleasures of being a wine taster and writer is the surprise you get when a truly magnificent wine appears from out of nowhere. I have always been happy to receive unsolicited samples, but the obvious downside to this are the hundreds of hours spent tasting gallons of dross and innumerable trips to the bottle bank. But these are outweighed by the joy at finding a true great.

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This is a superb interpretation of unoaked chardonnay. It is all about the fruit peachy, succulent and layered with hints of green melon and mint running through the sleek chassis. It is soothing and creamy and would work with any summer dish you care to mention. I highly recommend that you get The Edge on your pals with a case of this wine.

Matthew Jukes is a winner of the International Wine & Spirit Competition's Communicator of the Year (www.matthewjukes.com).

Matthew Jukes has been the MoneyWeek wine correspondent since 2006.

He has worked in the UK wine business for well over three decades and during this time has written 14 wine books. His four highly-acclaimed, annual wine reports – the Burgundy En Primeur Report, the Bordeaux En Primeur Report, the Piemonte Report and the 100 Best Australian Wines – are published on his website.

Matthew is a winner of the International Wine and Spirit Competition's Communicator of the Year Trophy. His thoughts, recommendations and tastings notes are followed very closely by the wine world at large.