Chardonnay

Pemberton

Chardonnay

This is a classy chardonnay sourced from Mount Barker. The striking feature is its steely minerality that threads through an intense and crunchy palate. Very good vintage of course and the use of barrel fermentation with about 12% wild yeast and subsequent lees stirring over four months has built in structure and complexity. Crunchy quince paste and lemon curd on...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

Remarkably complex aromas of dominant stone fruit like nectarine with less of the pear and cut lime character you expect. An intense and powerful wine with a distinctive chalky limestone influence on the palate. Lacks the super intensity of the 2020 yet it has great length and focus. Continues the subtle move to Burgundian styles. This is one of the...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

Just the second release of this wine which is sourced from a tiny single plot in the Wallcliffe subregion. Has highly floral scents merging with a subtle chalk dustiness. The palate is distinctive and individual. The slightly saline oyster-shell character cuts a taut line through the palate extending through to a very long finish. There fine acidity is a feature...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

Shines as brightly as any of the stars in Margaret River’s galaxy of great chardonnay. A supremely balanced and precise chardonnay with a succulent natural acidity despite having been through 100% malo. It’s one of the most sophisticated and complex of any Heytesbury to date. Deep mix of cashew and mealy grapefruit with a slightly savoury finish competing the palate....

Margaret River

Chardonnay

A wine that captures the juicy acidity and power of the ’22 vintage. This has developed into the Vasse Felix House style which now has a small addition of Bernard clone adding softness to the middle palate. All barrel fermented with wild yeasts and most of it naturally proceeding through malolactic fermentation. Aromas of light butterscotch and mealy roasted cashew....

Great Southern

Chardonnay

This is a first-rate chardonnay showing the benefits of this excellent season. There is power and concentrated intensity here, yet it presents with restraint and precision. The result is a palate of great poise and length. Stone fruit with a nutty citrus and slightly savoury finish. Some time in barrel has worked well. So well balanced. An excellent wine.

Great Southern

Chardonnay

A slightly more restrained chardonnay compared with the 2021. It’s tighter with a taut and slightly tense middle palate. But the oak and fruit balance works really well with the savoury stone fruit and citrus characters working with the slightly cashew-like influences.

Great Southern

Chardonnay

This wine is just starting to show the faintest hint of secondary characters, although it still has a long way to go. Ripe stone fruit with a nectarine peachy combination at play. Some barrel fermentation influence has contributed to its slightly creamy rich and already complex palate. Finishes with a subtle savoriness.

Great Southern

Chardonnay

Here is an excellent example of the unwooded style. So first, if you're not into oak, even the lighter oak that’s applied these days, then this little fella is just for you. The good thing is it’s been made to retain its zingy acidity, which is so important for the style. Creamy but with a citrus tang. Great current drinking.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

One of the best of these I have tasted. Whole bunch pressed, barrel fermented and aged in French oak barriques for 9 months with stirring every 2 weeks. Only the best barrels are selected. There is power and concentration here with a fine focus that carries to a very long finish. Captures the grapefruit and lime edginess with a little...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

Mostly from the Bridgeland vineyard with the remainder from Ironstone. It’s made a little different from the Streicker in that after handpicking and whole bunch pressing it is barrel fermented before spending nine months in oak without stirring or malolactic fermentation. A chardonnay that really jumps out of the glass. Intense notes of nectarine and fragrant pear and a little...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

Immediately strikes with the greater intensity and more focused precision which is part of the linear structure of this wine. It’s deeply complex already with a minerally, and slightly citrus and savoury combination. That heightened chalky minerality really says chardonnay at the highest level. There is power and drive here, yet it’s delivered with such sophisticated elegance. This is a...

Geographe

Chardonnay

From a vineyard in Geographe that has proved very good over the years. Whole bunch pressed into a mix of seasoned puncheons and one new French barrique. Follows the Carr approach to build texture and in this case it was left on lees for nine months. Creamy lemon curd and nutty struck match with a trace of that delightful nectarine...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This is a most interesting wine, largely because of the winemaking approach. To start with Boya means stones in Noongar, the language of the Wadandi people. The fruit is handpicked, whole bunch pressed to French oak barriques with wild fermentation on full solids. That’s pretty straight forward. Now the next stage. The barrels are topped with granite stones and then...

Pemberton

Chardonnay

A wine that continues to show the growing complexity and expression of this smaller producer in Pemberton. This is the most intense and complex yet. Notes of lemon curd and brioche with a roasted cashew infusion. It’s creamy but with a fie and precise linear minerality that helps focus the long finish. Incredibly long palate profile.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This is a super chardonnay that comes from that distinctly cooler region at Witchcliffe, south of Margaret River town. Handpicked and whole bunch pressed before fermentation in a combination of 30% new and one- and three-year-old French oak. Regular lees stirring has developed the textural feel in the mid palate. It was wild yeast fermented and just 20% through malo...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This is a tighter and tenser wine than the Flower Day in the same series. Yet the power is evident immediately. On the nose immediately you are assailed with a wave of peach and nectarine stone fruit merging with a lemon curd richness. There’s a crunchy cracked seashell minerality that threads through the middle palate and emerges to sustain a...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

Another extraordinary wine that is part of the Legacy Serries. It is a wine that reflects so much of the vineyard and the place. The aim is simply to express the vineyard with honesty in its most natural form. Take one sip of this and the palate stays with you for an eternity. Aromas of citrus with a dried fruit...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

Marks a significant step up for Cape Mentelle with this super new release chardonnay. The aromatic intensity is stunning with a lemon curd, brioche richness cut with a mealy grapefruit and lemon zest edge. The palate has a dry savoury edge which backs into the deep fruit richness. Slight struck match complements the palate brilliantly. A new era for Cape...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

The power and intensity of the '22 vintage is evident from the start. After wild fermentation it then spent 10 months in large format oak of which 40% was new. The result is compelling. The oak is part of it but not overt and perfectly integrated into the fruit. A little more struck match and sea spray on the nose...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This always provides a distinct point of difference with the Reserve chardonnays, in that it is somewhat finer and more delicate yet it is all the powerhouse Gingin clone. The nose is a whirl of white peach and nectarine with plenty of edgy citrus characters with a trace of chalky minerality. There's even a trace of sea spray. The palate...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This was a vintage with some challenges largely as a result of rain and resulting humidity. It meant the vignerons were busy getting the fruit to the sorting table in top condition. Thankfully, that has been done and the result is an exceptional wine. After handpicking the fruit is whole bunch pressed and then 100% barrel fermented in oak of...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

Another cracking chardonnay. The vintage was very good, and the result is superb. It gets the treatment with wild yeast, whole bunch pressing and barrel fermentation. Has a slightly savoury saline combination on the palate with a subtle roasted cashew and cereal influence. On top is a trace of tangy sliced pear and lemon rind. A very good wine.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

There is a beautiful energising purity about this chardonnay. Fine minerally fruit with a citrus tang worked with some nice nectarine and lemon rind. The oak is neatly infused but it is the fruit that presents so well. Has a such a delightful texture and flavour combination with just a faint hint of struck match complexity.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

A racy fresh young chardonnay where fruit is the dominant player and the oak, just faintly, in the background. Flavours of nectarine and lemon with a subtle melony notes merge into a delightfully appealing combination. There's a racy acidity to finish a wine for drinking over the next few years.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

A precise and finely crafted delicate chardonnay from Margaret River. Spicy pear aromas with hints of nectarine and lemon rind. The palate is medium weight but with excellent flavour intensity displaying notes of lemon curd and a trace of crème brulee. A wine I would prefer in the short term.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

Immediately strikes as a wine of richness and intense concentration. The nose reveals a spicy lemon curd and lightly roasted cashew character, while the palate shows the influence of lees stirring. It's rich with stone fruit and plush creamy flavours edged with a crisp acid and fine light oak. The finish has that trace of oyster shell minerality.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

A chardonnay of tremendous concentration and energy from this very good vintage. Aromas initially displays that gunflint and struck match nuance over intense grapefruit and lemon zest characters. The palate is lavish and textured but with control and focus as the chalky acidity strikes out on a straight line to a long finish. A beauty.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This is made as a crisp and lively medium weight chardonnay relying less on winemaking artefact and more on the vibrant natural fruit. There is a pristine, almost crystalline feeling on the palate with flavours of lemon zest sprinkled across some richer crème brulee. A bracing chalky acidity completes a neatly structured wine.

Geographe

Chardonnay

It seems the style for this excellent chardonnay has been pulled back a little with the result the wine shows a more delicate side. After handpicking it was pressed to new and one- year-old French oak for fermentation. Savoury minerally and slightly citrus notes on the nose with a trace of roasted cashew. A little cut pear and lime adds...

Blackwood Valley

Chardonnay

The chardonnays from Whimwood have been very good and this lighter style is right on the money for the style and quality bar set in recent years. Creamy nectarine with a quince paste and lemon rind edge creating balance and definition. Long minerally finish completes a tidy little wine.

Blackwood Valley

Chardonnay

A light and fragrant chardonnay sparkling wine from the Blackwood Valley. Has a creamy lemony mix on the nose with traces of bready brioche emerging. The palate is fine and lingering with a fine persistence. Nice wine.

Great Southern

Chardonnay

One of the best chardonnays released under this label. The year as pretty good for whites like this. The nose displays appealing melon and light butterscotch characters mingling with a light citrus touch. The palate has been created to be fresh and vital with no malo so it's a pure expression of the variety. Neat touch of oak finishes a...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

A wine that reaches into the best parcels of fruit in the best years. It was a good year for white wines in Margaret River and this superbly crafted modern-style chardonnay captures it. Fine and delicate with chalky minerally edges to the fine mix of pear and cut lime that sit across the melon and lightly roasted cashew. A little...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

A light bodied but appealingly flavoursome chardie that is all about the vibrant natural fruit flavours. It's a pure and punchy little wine with melon and light stone fruit merging with a faint cereal-like character. A splash of lemon and pear and there you have it; super current drinking.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

A pure and almost pristine chardonnay from one of the region's best. Minerally with a citrus and sliced pear nuance on the nose. It's crunchy with spicy green apple and cinnamon characters on the palate. The integration of oak and fruit hits it right on the money. Very long finish.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This ever improving chardonnay comes from mature unirrigated vines. IT is a mix of Gingin and Dijon clones which combines power and elegance in once united presentation. It's whole bunch pressed to oak for 100% wild fermentation before 10 months in oak of which 38% was new. Has a creamy stone fruit middle palate with a trace of cashew and...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

A wine of acute precision and freshness from a relatively cool season that turned out damn fine for chardonnay. It all comes from the Gingin clone with the fruit wild yeast fermented after whole bunch pressing. Spent about nine months in oak with some lees stirring. Has a crunchy lemon saline character with a savoury element adding further complexity. Intense...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

The vintage has resulted in slightly more power and flavour richness compared to the cooler 2021. Opens with a butterscotch and ripe fig and white peach character on the nose. The palate is textured with a crème brulee and lemon curd richness balanced by a fine savoury thread through to the finish. It's so well balanced with its palate length...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

The season turned out to be very good for the earlier ripening chardonnays in Margaret River. This is one of the finer and most delicate Specialist chardonnays yet. On the nose a combination of grapefruit and pear with an underlay of meal and almond provide an excellent opening. The palate has deeper stone fruit flavours with that edge of nectarine...