White

Margaret River

Chenin Blanc

This is a chenin that lets the guys in the Swan Valley know they don’t have it all their way with this variety. The season was kind, and it’s resulted in a thoroughly beautiful example. It doesn’t have the obvious tropical fruits of some chenins, but it still shows fine citrus, light melon and apple characters that capture the variety...

Margaret River

Chenin Blanc

Oh, so easy to drink. This is a chenin from a small patch in the Pierro vineyard that is now quite mature. It’s a flinty dry style with slightly muted aromas but a palate that displays a driving apple and pear character with the lift of fine citrus and an ever so subtle grassy edge. Gradual flavour build-up then releases...

Margaret River

Sauvignon Blanc

Such a good year for white varieties and this consistently first-rate wine has delivered again, but with the addition of even more natural crunchy vibrant fruit thanks to the vintage. The palate is more intense than previous vintages but still with that structure and precision that comes with the approach of using a combination of semillon and sauvignon, with a...

Margaret River

Semillon Sauvignon Blanc

Year in and year out, this remains one of my favourite sauvignon blanc sémillon blends, albeit with an important inclusion of chardonnay and chenin, which completes what is always an impeccably made wine. It has structure, fruit intensity and tremendous appeal, with lots of lovely, crunchy tropical fruit on the nose and through the palate. It was a warm year,...

Margaret River

White Blend

Perhaps the quintessential example of the sauvignon blanc semillon blend from Margaret River, but of course it is augmented with about 23% chardonnay, hence LTC — light touch of chardonnay. While the sauvignon blanc and semillon certainly provide the lift, aromatics, and flavour intensity, it is the chardonnay that gives the wine its strength of character, structure, and depth. This...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

I remember tasting this great chardonnay on release, thinking I wonder how that will be in a few years. Well now I know. Bloody marvellous. This captures so much of the character of this excellent although small Margaret River vintage. IT's delicate yet it has so much power driving through on the palate. Butterscotch and white peach with an edge...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

Pierro always holds back a little of the current release chardonnay, for later release, which is great because it pushes you into a wine that's entering its ideal drinking zone, and the cellaring is done for you. This was always an outstanding wine, and it captures so much of the Pierro style, perhaps leaning more toward the modern evolution of...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

Mike Peterkin holds back a little of his chardonnay each year for this vintage reserve release. It means you are forced to keep your hands off it until release. It was a vintage that suited chardonnays, and this is a cracker. It’s quite fine and delicate and only just starting to show traces of development with a roasted cashew and...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

At the time of release a couple of years ago, I thought this was an exceptional wine. Time has not changed my opinion. It captures the intensity yet delicacy that marked the 2023 vintage in Margaret River, producing a wine of remarkable finesse and poise. There is just the faintest hint that it is moving into a subtle new zone,...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

You get decent bang for your buck with this entry-level chardonnay. Delicate, racy, and zesty, with good fruit intensity, it displays a melony, light stone-fruit combination supported by crisp, minerally acidity and just a splash of lemon juice to lift. Clean, vibrant, and alive.

Margaret River

Semillon Sauvignon Blanc

This is the entry point into the Hay Shed Hill range, a bright, fragrant, flavoursome, controlled blend with light, grassy characters supplemented by a tangy citrus nuance, finishing with a final flick of acid. A nice current-drinking wine.

Mount Barker

Riesling

Beautiful riesling from the famous Wyjup Vineyard in Mount Barker. Opens with a healthy aroma of lime dominant citrus against muted floral scents. Such a good season delivers fruit that intense yet precise and controlled with a fine natural acidity. The palate has a degree of tension creating a fine minerally thread through to the sustained finish.

Mount Barker

Riesling

This takes the Three Lions range up a notch. Careful vineyard management, including different picking times, adds complexity and completeness to the wine. It displays the region's typical spicy sea spray character on the nose. The palate is powerfully defined with intensity and length while retaining a degree of tension that carries through to a long, linear finish. It was...

Mount Barker

Chardonnay

Here is a wine that combines richness with tension, weight and power. It was picked over several separate harvests before being whole-bunch pressed to barrel, giving it structural definition. About 35% of the oak was new. The palate has beautiful intensity and completeness, with seamless integration of oak and fruit supported by fine minerality. This is a terrific wine offering...

Mount Barker

Chardonnay

This is from the Rocky Horror vineyard, planted in 1999. It is a more sophisticated chardonnay than you might expect at this price point. It receives a little oak influence, but the emphasis is firmly on the fruit. It has a steely mineral structure with a palate that is still tight and linear. Having said that, it has excellent fruit...

Mount Barker

Riesling

Opens with a distinctive spicy bath salts aroma, typical of the region. This is from the Wyjup North vineyard and includes more pressings to give it greater phenolic texture. These vines were established in 1971. The beautifully textured palate is both powerful and long, with the structure and intensity to reward cellaring. It was made entirely in stainless steel, allowing...

Mount Barker

Chardonnay

This was hand-picked and whole bunch pressed. It’s a mix of 50 and 38-year-old vines right in the middle of the vineyard. There are two picks to provide blending options. It’s all 100% barrel fermented on full solids, and about 50% new oak barriques were used. The nose shows a distinctive struck match character with some nice stone fruit. There’s...

Great Southern

Chardonnay

A high-class chardonnay that expresses variety and region so beautifully. It also shows that Margaret River doesn't have sole claim to this variety in WA. Engaging aroma of light lemon curd, brioche and custard apple with a little charry edge. A power-packed tightly framed palate is a feature with that light charry oak working so perfectly with the deep fruit...

Mount Barker

Chardonnay

This is all from the Wyjup vineyard and there is a mix of old and younger plantings, with about 2/3 coming from the 79 planting. It was all handpicked and whole bunch pressed to barrel with full solids. It was stirred monthly with about 40% of the oak new. Thijs is an intense and powerful wine with rich textured fruit....

Mount Barker

Chardonnay

Opens with powerful aromas of stone fruit and struck match. It comes from a mix of Wyjup vineyard plantings dating from 1979 and 2004. The fruit was hand-picked early, whole-bunch pressed to barrel with solids, and initially wild fermented. It was barrel fermented with high solids and matured for 10 months in 60% new oak with periodic lees stirring. A...

Great Southern

Riesling

On the nose you immediately get that characteristic spiciness which seems a part of this region for riesling. It works so well with the other notes of citrus and floral lime. The palate is precise and very long with a degree of varietal tension as the fine crisp acidity promotes a very long finish. That saline minerality on the finish...

Mount Barker

Riesling

This is a first-rate riesling from this special site in a special year. It is expressive, revealing on the palate early and pushing through into its sustained finish. The site is a key part of this wine. Its orientation pushes picking time up to three weeks later than other parts of the vineyard, leading to more hang time, allowing the...

Mount Barker

Riesling

The aromas are powerful and the intensity immediately evident. Sourced from the Wyjup South block and made entirely from free-run juice, the aim is to preserve vineyard purity through a minimalist approach from vineyard to bottle. It has tremendous intensity and a tense acidity that drives to a very long finish. Notes of red apple and preserved lemon add complexity....

Mount Barker

Riesling

Opens with a faint lemon aroma and some subtle bath salt characters. It was a hot year, but they managed to avoid the heat spike at the end. The fruit in the end was of exceptional quality. There is power and intensity here, and a remarkably pure and vibrant minerally crunchy basalt character. It’s very long and is all free...

Mount Barker

Chardonnay

A wine brimming with ripe and intense stone fruit characters from the white peach and edgy nectarine notes on the nose through to the deeply intense palate. There’s a nice cashew and creamy peach thing happening on the palate with a fine acid adding precision and focus through to the finish. Really well managed wine.

Mount Barker

White Varietal

This is 100% Mount Barker fruit showing aromas of pear and apple with a little pastry crumble. It’s pleasing and crunchy with lift fruit intensity. Has a nice fruit texture which comes from its time on lees. Just stainless steel, but three months were spent on lees with an initial stirring regime. Love the lemony citrus tang on the finish.

Mount Barker

Riesling

Has a distinctive lemony and slightly talcy aroma. It’s 70% Mount Barker and 30% Porongurups fruit. The Porongurup component gives it the edginess and palate tension, adding to its precision and focus. The palate has intensity and flavour with plenty of fruit depth and its slightly more generous mouth feel is a product of this very warm vintage. It’s dry...

Porongurup

Sauvignon Blanc

An excellent Porongurups savvy. It’s textured and flavoursome with a melon edge to the tropical fruit. Has 50% old puncheon fermentation and the rest stainless steel, which shows in the textured mouthfeel and palate structure. The approach has muted the primary punchy fruit characters creating a wine of complexity and interest. Love this wine with its aromatics and acid profile.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

Captures what has become something of a house style. It’s a wine of power and drive, and layered complexity. In this case, the aromatic mix of nectarine and peach, with some light grapefruit and citrus, immediately engages. The palate displays richness with a savoury element, providing balance and accentuating the tight lines through to the finish. There’s a gentle butterscotch...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This is a finer, tighter, and slightly tenser expression of chardonnay from the vineyard, as distinct from the standard Redbrook chardonnay. There’s a light lift of minerals, saline, and grapefruit on the nose. And then the palate has a steely minerality but a deep intensity of fruit. This was such a good vintage, and the depth and concentration is evident....

Margaret River

Chardonnay

Impressive chardonnay reflecting the quality of this vintage. It was wild fermented and left on lees for nine months allowing an excellent textural palate to build while retaining its impeccable balance. Has a light creamy stone fruit and citrus combination on the nose. The palate reveals baked apple, spice and vanilla bean presented with a medium body. An excellent wine...

Margaret River

Sauvignon Blanc

A fume style that shows the influence of oak, but never lets it intrude or overpower. It was picked and left on skins before wild fermentation in seasoned French oak with a further nine months maturation. Combines the intensity of the varietal characters of citrus and tropical fruits with a slightly minerally creamy character on the palate. Has a zingy...

Margaret River

Sauvignon Blanc

Oh yes. First sniff and you know you’re in the savvy zone. Bursting with vibrant fresh passionfruit and apply characters with a decent hit of citrus/ The palate is lively with punchy fruit flavours showing those slightly gooseberry and minerally herbal notes. Zingy acid completes an excellent wine. This is a pure savvy, but there’s a little more here in...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

An appealing chardonnay from this very good vintage. The aromas open with a citrussy butterscotch and quince paste combination. The light bodied palate is loaded with crunchy melon and citrus fruit laced together with a fine juicy acidity and neat use of oak. Has a lively minerality to lift. Idea drinking in the shorter term.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

An appealing chardonnay from this very good vintage. The aromas open with a citrussy butterscotch and quince paste combination. The light-bodied palate is loaded with crunchy melon and citrus fruit laced together with a fine, juicy acidity and neat use of oak. Has a lively minerality to lift. Idea drinking in the shorter term.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

The early picking in this very warm season in Margaret River perfectly suited chardonnay. In this case, it's provided the basis for the best Ringbolt chardonnay yet released. Lovely aromas of melon and light grapefruit with a subtle quince paste and brioche element. The palate is rich and textured, medium-weight, with good length and a crisp, lingering acidity.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This is a most impressive intensely flavoured and expressive chardonnay from a vintage that produced wines of real power. A nutty cashew and stone fruit combo works with a rich mealy character. The palate is seamless with a butterscotch and slightly saline addition. Nice wine.

Swan Valley

Chenin Blanc

This is a simply delicious example of this famous variety from the Swan. Aromas are quite floral with notes of pear, apple, and a slightly pastry crumble character. The acid is clean and crisp, and there is a lovely textural feel on the palate, which will continue to evolve with further cellaring. These are just thoroughly scrumptious wines for drinking...

Swan Valley

White Blend

Here is the quintessential Swan Valley variety. It’s grown in front of the winery. Beautiful, refined and delicate fruit, but with plenty of flavour intensity. Such beautifully integrated acidity. It’s a fine and precise wine, but there is tremendous fruit depth and drive within its light body.

Swan Valley

White Blend

This is a combination of verdelho and semillon. Has plenty of fruit intensity here, with that punchy tropical citrus infusion from the verdelho so prominent. The semillon provides a nice edgy lemon character. Plenty of flavour through to a long finish. This is a very tidy wine.