White

Margaret River

Chardonnay

A classy wine of tremendous concentration and palate depth. This gets 44% new French and the balance older oak, spending nine months in barriques. The oak is more obvious but still well integrated. There's a lemon creamy brioche characters with slightly savoury and slightly saline notes as well. Also, this wine doesn't get malolactic fermentation. Has a slight lemon and...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

Rich and highly textured chardonnay. The colour is golden yellow. The nose is something else. Lemon curd, quince and subtle spices with a slight struck match leesy complexity. Then the palate delivers with a fine linear mouth feel that starts with a richer butterscotch and cashew character, then lets the limestone chalky acid and slightly savouriness finish it. Excellent wine.

Margaret River

Semillon

This gets six months in older barriques. Fermented in tank and then matured in oak. Has a distinctive and lovely lemon zest aroma with traces of subtle lemon pith and an almost guava-like character. A trace of fresh cut grass brings another dimension to the wine with its honeysuckle nuances most appealing. I like the weight and palate feel of...

Margaret River

Semillon

An immediately fragrant semillon from this very good year. Lift of lemon citrus displays the essential character of a variety that is so well suited to Margaret River. This is fine crisp and clean yet there is excellent fruit intensity holding to a long finish. Crunchy and vibrant with a light texture.

Great Southern

Riesling

This is a slightly riper and more generous style of riesling, especially on the nose, where you pick up more opulent notes of stone fruit and a little honey-like nectar. Yet the palate tightens up as it should, revealing a minerally, spicy character, with citrus tangs building. It has a fine talcy acidity and the flavour and palate are long....

Great Southern

Chardonnay

These lighter bodied elegant and quite delicate chardonnays have been very good from Monty's Leap. This is certainly delicate but 100% barrel fermentation with about 25% new and time on lees has produced a textured fine chardonnay with a beautifully defined palate. Nectarine and other stone fruits with a light buttery cashew character are lifted by a saline acidity.

Margaret River

Semillon Sauvignon Blanc

This is the second release of this wine, which was introduced when Moss Wood decided to move its semillon into a cellar release with five years of age. It’s Moss Wood semillon and Ribbon Vale sauvignon blanc, with a little barrel fermentation and maturation. This is an SSB with class. The nutty, lightly fruity aromas and flavours are exquisitely presented,...

Margaret River

Semillon

A style of wine you seldom see in WA, let alone in Margaret River. It's a sweet dessert style wine but it has been made in a way that controls the palate, so it remains deep and sweet yet never becomes cloying. Retains a fresh zingy acidity. Distinctive aromas of orange peel and marmalade, honey and a little butterscotch with...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

Another cracking good chardonnay from Moss Wood. The aroma is immediately engaging with a floral lemon scent and a slight vanilla bean essence. Subtle cut lime and pear edge into add some further complexity. The palate is a powerful statement with a deeply intense creamy stone fruit and edgy lemon rind combination working together. Gathers momentum towards a long finish.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

One of the best chardies yet from Moss Wood, and that’s saying something with the quality of wines over the years. The nose is an immediately captivating combo of lemon curd, quince and cashew with just a subtle lift of zest. The palate has a sprightly energy with a crisp chalky acidity sustaining and focussing through to a very long...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

One of Margaret River’s benchmark chardonnays, and this release from a warm vintage is exceptional. It's fine and delicately poised, yet with regional DNA driving it through to a powerful, sustained finish. Aromas of lemon meringue, brioche and light florals lead into a palate of chalky, savoury elements alongside vanillin and lemony notes. Fine, precise acidity lifts the flavours through...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

A most elegant and, at the same time, powerful chardonnay from a vintage which produced – well – elegance and power. Aromas of savoury lemon nuances with subtle butterscotch and marzipan character. The palate is texturally pleasing, with a deep and concentrated core that drives with urgency through to a very long finish. Lovely mix of stone fruit with savoury...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This is a decidedly fresh and fragrant chardonnay that provides quite a point of difference to the standard Moss Wood. It's made in exactly the same way yet the Ribbon Vale vineyard speaks its individuality. It's flavoursome with light stone fruit and a more subtle creamy vanilla bean character. The palate is generous and full, yet the nectarine and lime...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

A recent addition to the Moss Wood portfolio showing the great strides that have been taken in managing the Ribbon Vale vineyard. This is probably the best release yet. It was a superb season and its shows in a wine of elegance and refinement, yet with layered complexity and sophistication. Nice lemon scents yield to more lemon zest flavours with...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

The warmer vintage is certainly reflected immediately in the bright golden colour. This is a rich and textured chardonnay from the Ribbon Vale vineyard. Honeycomb and light cereal characters emerge on the nose and palate. There’s an underlying savouriness that sustains through to the very long finish. Beautifully balanced with a crisp acidity controlling the finish. The higher altitude vineyard...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This vineyard has really been turning out some quite marvellous wines in recent years. It took a bit of work, but the results are in the bottle. This is a beautiful, vibrant, lively chardonnay with that subtle degree of complexity complementing the natural fruit characters. Nutty lemon curd and deeper stone fruit characters on the nose. And yet on the...

Margaret River

Sauvignon Blanc

Sauvignon blanc that takes you into another zone. Full malolactic fermentation contributes to its rich generous creamy texture while the use of oak, with about 6% new, adds a defining lift through the palate. The nose offers all manner of things from melon, spices and pear with a varietal gooseberry note. On the palate you get into even more, with...

Margaret River

White Blend

This intriguing interpretation of a sauvignon blanc dominant wine was introduced just a few years ago. I have loved it from the start. Has about 10 per cent semillon in it, but it is the savvy which really dominates. There are the usual tropical, guava and slightly passionfruit lemony characters of sauvignon blanc but then other secondary characters of spices...

Margaret River

Sauvignon Blanc

Warmer year equates to a wine of rich, deep flavour. Typically, bright aromatics, but I find the texture and mouthfeel captivating in this latest Elsa sauvignon blanc. Floral stone fruit and lightly grassy tropical characters on the nose. The palate then reveals a subtle honeysuckle and light butterscotch, almost like a chardonnay, with a cute beeswax character. Richly layered palate...

Margaret River

White Blend

I've been a fan of this wine since it was introduced just a few years ago, and I have to say, this one from what was an excellent season stacks up with any that have yet been released. Aromas of a complex nutty citrus, slightly savory character. And yet for me, it's the palate where this wine really hits its...

Margaret River

Semillon

Remains one of my favourite Moss Wood wines, and certainly one of my favourite semillons. And this one from the great '23 vintage is right up there with anything. It seems a more pungent and intense semillon than previous years and probably a result of the vintage which produced such beautiful fruit intensity. Pure and driven with a lip-smacking acidity...

Margaret River

Semillon

This is a slightly fuller style than previously. Perhaps a product of the warmer vintage or maybe an indication of a somewhat new direction for the variety. Regardless, it retains the essential linear mouthfeel and intensity of lemon zest and citrus. A crisp zingy acid sustains the long finish. An immediately appealing wine still with cellaring potential.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This is such a bright and beautiful chardonnay showing tremendous intensity and vibrancy from this outstanding vintage. Whole bunch pressed to oak with wild fermentation and some malolactic fermentation with lees stirring for textural impact. It has a bright crisp minerality with spicy creamy stone fruit and cutting grapefruit edging in. Very long and precise palate.

Margaret River

White Blend

The inspiration for this blend of viognier and marsanne is the Rhone Valley. Gherardi has harnessed the natural opulence of these varieties to create a slightly steelier linear style, while losing nothing in palate intensity and persistence. It’s had about 9 months in oak but four of those were on fine lees, bringing that textural element into the palate. Appealing...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

It was a warm vintage, and this is an excellent outcome. It comes from the outstanding Wildberry Springs vineyard. This is high-class chardonnay. After handpicking the fruit is whole bunch pressed to barriques of which 50% were new. A combination of wild fermentation, malolactic fermentation and regular extended lees stirring brings a complex textural element into play. A slightly creamy...

Perth Hills

Chardonnay

This is a rich, textured, and highly flavoursome chardonnay. After handpicking, it was fermented in a mix of new French oak, ceramic egg, and stainless steel, with regular lees stirring after the ferment. Loads of ripe nectarine and creamy stone fruit on the nose, and a palate that delivers richness and texture with slightly roasted cashew and bright nectarine edginess....

Perth Hills

Chardonnay

A most beautiful, floral, expressive chardonnay out of the Perth Hills. It was fermented in a mix of new French oak, a ceramic egg and stainless steel, with some lees stirring after fermentation. So, it’s created a wine of complexity, vibrancy and richness while retaining its fine linear poise. There’s a lovely lemony tang with a touch of stone fruit...

Perth Hills

Red Varietal

Everything possible has been done to preserve all the crisp fresh flavours of this Italian variety that Myattsfield does so well. Crisp pear and green apple with a citrus tang to lift. It's flavoursome but with a distinct linear mouthfeel heightened by a fine crisp acidity.

Perth Hills

White Varietal

This Perth Hills vineyard has captured vermentino quite beautifully from the outset. This is another example where the winemaking has been designed to preserve and retain those vibrant, pure fruit characters, with an apple and pear, slightly lemony zip. It’s a fine, delicate style of wine, but deceptively builds flavour through to a long finish. Excellent example of the variety.

Perth Hills

White Varietal

Another first-rate example of this variety from Myattsfield, which has established something of a benchmark for vermentino in recent years. The aim has been to really retain those fresh apple, pear and citrus characters, and it’s done that admirably, especially on the nose. Then the palate is so vibrant within its light framework, delivering a nice cut pear and pithy...

Perth Hills

Chardonnay

A bit of winemaking has gone into this tidy young chardonnay. It was fermented in a combination of new French oak, ceramic egg and stainless steel and then went through a period of battonage after fermentation. It’s a light to medium bodied wine with a good textural feel carrying a mix of cashew and lemon curd with a lift of...

Perth Hills

White Varietal

Myattsfield Vineyards vermentino 2024 ($25) This has been a varietal winner since Myattsfield started releasing it a few years ago. Not as fine and linear as previous years but has nice apple crumble characters on the nose and then into the palate, which releases a slightly nutty nuance. Nice current drinking wine.

Swan Valley

Chenin Blanc

I’ll bet winemaker Larry Cherubino loved getting his hands on chenin blanc from this year in the Swan Valley. Most described it as the greatest year ever for this famous variety of the valley. This packs a deep stone fruit intensity into the frame with citrus and light mango influences adding complexity. Has a rich intensity balanced by a fine...

Swan Valley

Chenin Blanc

This new face in WA wine was one of my finds a couple of years ago, and once again it has come up trumps, displaying the remarkable qualities of chenin blanc to emerge triumphant even in challenging and very hot seasons. It is a testament to both vineyard management and winemaking. In this case, it leans more into stone fruit...

Swan Valley

Chenin Blanc

Another cracking wine under this relatively new label. Fruit is sourced out of the Swan Valley, and that makes absolute sense. It was a warm season that's translated into wine of intensity and texture, but with that typical chenin blanc lift of acidity to elevate it. It's creamy and rich and thoroughly delicious on the palate, with a light tropical...

Margaret River

Sauvignon Blanc

If you like your sauvignon blanc with a little more restraint and control than the traditional Kiwi styles, then this little guy sits snugly in your style range. Tropical fruits, gooseberry and citrus, all with an element of restrained control. Then a palate that delivers more of that fruit, but with a fine, minerally, crunchy acidity giving it a refreshing,...

Margaret River

White Blend

Light-bodied, sleek, and flavoursome. Tropical notes with a grassy edge and lifted lemon citrus. Refreshing and crisp, ideal for current drinking.

Margaret River

White Blend

This is a quite beautiful expression of the SBS blend out of Margaret River. Combines a balanced mix of tropical fruits and light herbaceousness that sit so comfortably together. But it’s the palate where it really hits its straps. Clean, generous flavours, revealing more of those lightly tropical gooseberry notes, and that final herbaceous flick on the finish completes a...

Blackwood Valley

Chardonnay

A creamy fresh young chardonnay offering plenty. Aromas of melon and light stone fruit with a lemony lift. The palate is generous and largely fruit-driven through to a sustained clean finish.

Blackwood Valley

Chardonnay

Here is a chardonnay sourced from the Blackwood Valley which has turned out rather well. Immediate aromas of cashew and melon with a little stone fruit richness on the nose. It’s medium weight with generous, largely fruit flavours carrying easily through to a pleasing finish.