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Margaret River

Chardonnay

Another classy chardonnay under this label. On the nose there's a mix of pear and lemon zest with a little saline purity. The palate is finely presented with a lemon and vanillin character merging with just a trace of lifted honeysuckle blossom. No it's settled a creamy texture is developing on the palate.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This excellent wine is the result of a barrel selection program. The fruit was whole bunch pressed and wild fermented before going into oak with regular battonage. The Driftwood chardonnays have been very good in recent years and this one from the generous '22 vintage is another. Has a bracing fine fruit character with a cracker seashell edge working with...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

Okay, this stacks up as the best chardonnay yet from Driftwood. Displays the subtle understatement of the style and the site, but then you start to explore the complex aromas of cut lime, lemon, quince and richer crème brulee. The palate then kicks in with its embedded richness coming from regular lees stirring. A most impressive and exciting chardonnay development...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

Continues the excellent run of chardonnays from this established producer in Margaret River. In this case, the fruit was handpicked and then wild fermented before heading into French oak barriques for nine months, during which time there was regular stirring in three-weekly cycles. This one retains the fine linear presence that's marked these recent chardonnays. But there's also a textural...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This comes from two blocks off the Driftwood Vineyard. It typifies the vintage in many ways, with its fine elegance and precision. The whole bunch pressing adds a bit more weight and structure, with natural fermentation adding further complexity. There's a light lemon curd, savory combination on the palate, with a little stone fruit. But it's held quite tight and...

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

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 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

Riesling

This is a first-rate example of the off-dry style. Yes, it has sweetness, but the fine minerally acidity has ensured it retains its lively non-cloying mouth feel. A lemon and orange peel aroma sets you off into the palate which has excellent depth of flavour with a lift of lemon zest and crisp acid on the finish., Serve it nice...

Great Southern

Riesling

Another very good riesling from this Denmark vineyard. A merging of cut lime and lemon zest with traces of spicy minerals a feature. It’s bone dry and long with a precise mouth feel through to the finish.

Great Southern

Riesling

The spicy minerality of this taut yet still slightly textural riesling is fascinating. White florals on the nose with a little lemony citrus. The palate is controlled and persistent with tremendous length. It was a terrific season, and this one has turned out beautifully. One of the best from this excellent vintage.

Great Southern

Sauvignon Blanc

A pure and fragrant wine with the usual gooseberry and lightly crunchy passionfruit and tropical flavours balanced with a light snow pea citrus tang. Really zingy fresh palate makes this perfect for summer sipping by the pool.

Great Southern

Semillon Sauvignon Blanc

Such a pure and pristine example of this style. Has a slightly dusty snow pea and light tropical fruit influence on the nose. Crunchy melon and a splash of citrus adds lift as it moves to a long penetrating finish. There’s great depth of flavour here. Offers a lot more than the standard fruit bomb.

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.

Great Southern

Riesling

A lot of interesting things happened to create this outstanding riesling. First there was barrel fermentation and the extended lees contact. It's bone dry and has a flinty and textural feel with some bath salts character. There's a cute mix of lemon rind and spices that releases on the nose and palate. An excellent wine.

Great Southern

Riesling

Now firmly established as one of a handful of Australia's greatest rieslings. This is another beautiful wine. It's slightly friendlier than the awesome '22, but lacks nothing in intensity and drive. Fine lift of wet granite, crunchy quartz and fine lemon and spicy pear on the nose. The palate is so complex and intricately woven with passionfruit, guava, green apple...

Great Southern

Shiraz

Ripe and generous with opulent fruit. It certainly is a step up from the very good Single Vineyard shiraz. Loaded with ripe juicy plummy fruit underpinned by a chalky tannin precision. The sweet fruit is given a little boost with the sprinkle of spices and dried herbs, while the French oak management has been right on the money. Smooth and...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This is a very fine and elegant style of chardonnay. It's certainly tighter than the M2 but it also has power. It's a departure for Dukes but not for Cane who has worked with this style before. It's made from a number of different clones with a chalky minerality taking the palate through to a very long finish. I particularly...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

A light bodied but nicely structured and presented chardonnay. The aromas are a neat mix of lemon and butterscotch with a grapefruit, pear and light cereal touch. The palate is rich with layered flavours building towards a lingering finish. Well handled light touch of oak completes the picture.

Margaret River

White Blend

The classic Margaret River blend, with that subtle combination of light tropical fruits and a dusting of fresh cut grass. The fruit is restrained in line with this vintage, but it presents with a refreshing purity sustained by a zingy acidity. Light bodied and ready to drink now.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

A fresher style of chardonnay that highlights the pristine fruit from this vineyard. There's a nice mix of light cashew and grapefruit with a little melony influences. The palate is fine and linear, but with good depth and persistence. Ideal in the short term.

Margaret River

White Blend

A really punchy fruit-driven sem sav blanc that captures much of what this style was all about when it first appeared in the region. Loads of vibrant, very much alive tropical fruit with a decent citrus splash. It's got a lively sustaining acidity and it makes for great current drinking.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

There’s a fair bit of grunt behind this chardonnay. Aromas of butterscotch and lemon with a quince paste edge. A creamy nuance adds further substance. The palate displays more stone fruit with some nice brioche lift and a crunchy lemony zip on the finish. Such a bright and appealing chardonnay for the next few years.

Margaret River

Semillon Sauvignon Blanc

Some pretty good fruit goes into this entry-level wine that each year continues to deliver really nice current drinking. It seems like it's been around for ages, and it has, with its bright, fruity, refreshing style, loaded with a tropical citrus mix and a crunchy, clean, vibrant finish. Screams out for current drinking.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

Another outstanding chardonnay from the '20 vintage. Shows more obvious upfront fruit than the Reserve, yet this remains high class, sophisticated stuff. The crunchy vibrant fruit reveals a little struck match edginess with a typical ripe stone fruit character. The palate tightened by the oak and a slightly lemony lick and a final touch of sea spray.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

Already showing a degree of complexity with that merging of stone fruit, pear, and lime, with some slightly nutty roasted cashew-like characters on the nose. On the palate, there's a rich concentration of fruit with layered complexity coming from the wild ferment and time in French oak. It's textured and crisp, but there is a dry, savoury minerality which gives...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This is so fine and pure, with a real zing to it, evident from the nose through to the palate. Minerally sea spray, slightly saline characters on the nose, with a little grapefruit and citrus nuance. Palate is supremely integrated with a fine lingering savoury line that carries to a long finish. Oak and fruit balance is superb, and it...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

A wine that bridges that divide between power and elegance, delivering a wonderfully precise and finely focused wine. On the nose a trace of wild ferment struck match releases. The palate then takes charge with a fine chalky edge against a backdrop of grapefruit and cashew with a lift of pear. Has a crunchy saline character to finish. As good...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This excellent chardonnay from an excellent year comes from the Ellen’s Estate Vineyard down at Wallcliffe. It immediately strikes as a fine and delicate, and quite linear wine, which you might expect from this vineyard. And yet, the deeper you go, the more you realise there is an underlying power and intensity here that drives through to the finish. It...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This is a mighty impressive chardonnay for this price. It a wild fermented and then spent 11 months in oak on lees before more time in stainless steel before bottling. Plenty of melon and light cashew with an understated stone fruit influence. Finishes with a twist of lemon. Great wine for drinking in the short term.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

Hard to fault this excellent little value for money chardonnay. In fact, it delivers a little bigger bang for your buck. Toasty butterscotch and creamy stone fruit on the nose A palate that is balanced with deep fruit richness and a lift of acid and oak. Ideal as a current drinking chardie.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

A distinctly fruit-driven style of early-drinking chardonnay. Aromas of light cashew and melon with a squeeze of citrus provide an enticing opening. And then the palate, which is neatly balanced and a suggestion of light oak, but it is really about the fruit, which is harnessed by a crisp, fine acidity and carries easily through to a long finish. Ideal...

Margaret River

Sauvignon Blanc

Captures the best of this variety in a stella year for aromatic whites. Greets with a burst of passionfruit and guava with a lemon citrus nuance. The palate is racy with punchy fruit extending to a long finish. Really neat little wine.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

An elegant and finely structured single vineyard wine from Wallcliffe. The aroma is quite captivating with its distinct minerally citrus edge. A touch of oyster shell and sea spray providing a lift. Palate is tightly woven with a light, fine, chalky acidity. Well-managed oak which sits comfortably within, and that distinctly linear fruit line carries through to the finish. There's...

Swan Valley

Verdelho

What a year for this Swan Valley staple. Griffiths uses just free run juice, which is reflected in this delightfully crisp and crunchy example of the variety. Perfumed stone fruit ad cumquat with an orange zest lift. The palate packs more of the nectarine and citrus characters into the frame before releasing to a sustained finish. Just so much happening...

Swan Valley

Chenin Blanc

Griffiths introduced this wine a few years ago, and you can immediately see the essential difference between this and the standard chenin. The richness and weight on the palate, along with the added complexity, are immediately apparent. It captures all that’s good about chenin blanc, with bright acidity, intense fruitiness, and, with the pressings, another layer of immense appeal. A...

Swan Valley

Verdelho

Wow. A seven-year-old verdelho from this slightly cooler but initially wet year, that in the end suited verdelho perfectly. It’s remarkably only just started to show a little toasty development, but it still has the vibrant tropical primary fruit characters. Griffiths aged this in a mix of American and French, which has brought that extra textural and flavour dimension into...

Swan Valley

Verdelho

This is a thoroughly exquisite mature verdelho from the Swan Valley. It shows the remarkable versatility of this wine and this variety. The extra time in the bottle has allowed it to develop a lovely toastiness that’s evident immediately on the nose, adding to the rich, textured feel on the palate. It still retains a delightfully fresh acidity, sustained through...

Swan Valley

Verdelho

A brilliant expression of Swan Valley verdelho. It comes from what was a very good year, where the fruit came in impeccably balanced with crisp acidity and beautifully complete fruit characters. This one is laced with stone fruit, albeit restrained and highlights the fresh cut nectarine and subtle peachiness that is the variety. A little added citrus adds some tang,...

Swan Valley

Verdelho

Griffiths consistently produces some of the best verdelho in the Swan Valley, which of course means some of the best verdelho in the state. This one captures all that is good in this variety, with the nectarine-dominant stone fruit influence on the nose, a little splash of citrus, and some light lemon pith. The palate is beautifully flavoursome, with clean,...