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Margaret River

Chenin Blanc

Chenin blanc can take on so many forms, from the crisp and fruity to something quite different like this one which has been made with wild fermentation techniques in oak. It builds on the natural bright lemon characters of the variety and introduces a creamy richness. This is a cracking example of that opulent style.

Margaret River

Chenin Blanc

This all comes from the old Treeton Estate, which is LS Merchants. Has a portion of handpicked and machine-picked and 5% on skins without plunging, with some treated oxidatively, some fermented in egg, and some in tank and foudre. It’s a leaner style with freshness and vibrancy. Has good weight and texture with a spice and lively freshness. Has a...

Swan Valley

Chenin Blanc

A wonderful example of Swan Valley chenin blanc. Fermented in stainless steel and left on lees prior to blending and bottling. The result is tremendous depth of fruit with a lively, sprightly palate of spicy citrus, apple and tropical fruit. Lees influence gives a slightly creamy texture that balances fine, precise acidity, carrying through to a long finish. A terrific...

Swan Valley

Chenin Blanc

A wonderful example of the fruit purity and flavours that have most in the Valley saying this might be the best year yet for chenin. No argument from me, Has the melon and citrus honeysuckle mix that is quintessential chenin. The flavour is endless with that crisp natural fine acidity providing energy and lift. A super wine at a nutty...

Swan Valley

Chenin Blanc

A love chenin blanc and when you put some bubbles in it, I reckon I love it even more. This one shows the flavours and punch of this tropical fruit-laden variety with the crisp natural acidity that makes it ideal for sparkling wines. Fresh flavoursome with wonderful fruit.

Swan Valley

Chenin Blanc

Even in a warm – er, hot – year, the Contis know how to manage the vineyard to produce some very good fruit. This is a slightly less intense version, but you still get the crisp clean citrussy tropical fruits on the nose and that fine crisp acid on the palate. Has a nice powdery finish. Great drinking in the...

Margaret River

Chenin Blanc

Chenin blanc makes quite a beautiful sparkling wine, and this one is the perfect example. The aromas show a strongly citrus aptly toasty character, while the palate, which has a natural acidity, has been complemented and developed with the use of time on lees in the bottle. It's added richness and texture and balances that precise acidity. Clean, crisp, and...

Swan Valley

Chenin Blanc

The best parcels of chenin on the property are handpicked for this exceptional chenin blanc. The extra time in bottle has allowed the fruit palate to build more flavour with the melon and creamy pear characters starting to open up. Has a subtle vanilla pod on the finish with that lemon butter influence.

Swan Valley

Chenin Blanc

It was a very good season for chenin blanc in the Swan Valley, and this one is living, vibrant proof. It's not the big fruit bomb that you often get, but instead, there is a highly flavoursome, controlled, linear expression of the variety with subtle, understated stone fruits and florals, with a fine citrus edge, and even a little lemon...

Swan Valley

Chenin Blanc

The extra time this wine has had on lees has really brought it into the next dimension. The colour has deepened ever so slightly, and the aromas are saturated with lemony, creamy characters and that faintly tropical influence of the variety. The palate has intensity yet delicacy, due in some way to the marvellous vintage but also to the way...

Margaret River

Chenin Blanc

The excellent quality of chenin has been maximised with this specific take on the variety. Wild fermentation in French oak, 10 months on lees and regular stirring have built in complexity, texture and added richness. The variety has excellent natural acidity, and that gives it the fine backbone on which the richer, plush stone fruit characters are based. A little...

Margaret River

Chenin Blanc

Here's an outstanding wine that shows the resilience of this wonderful white variety even in warm years. This one is a cracker from Margaret River. Has all that you want from the fresh, vibrant melony pear-like characters on the nose through to the deeper melon and lemon zest nuances that pick up the palate. It's vibrant, fresh, with a juicy,...

Margaret River

Chenin Blanc

Initially on the nose, it shows a degree of delicacy, but once you get into it, it reveals a whole lot more. It's sourced from the original 1982 planting of the Gallica Vineyard. So these vines are getting nice and old and delivering some great fruit. Floral citrus notes with almost a touch of hay and pear. The clean, crisp...

Swan Valley

Chenin Blanc

Swan Valley chenin blanc in a good year; oh, yeah. Comes from old vines in the Swan and then gets time in a mix of French oak and stainless steel. It creates a wine of tremendous flavour and precision with great palate texture and richness. There's a slightly spicy pear and minerally edge that completes an excellent wine.

Swan Valley

Chenin Blanc

It makes a lot of sense that if you're going to make a chenin blanc you go to the Swan Valley. This warmer year produced chenin of tremendous flavour and balance. This has it all, with a lemony citrus and red apple character, especially on the nose. A keen twist of lemon and lime adds to the clean finish.

Swan Valley

Chenin Blanc

This has been made in the méthode traditionnelle style from grapes grown on the estate. There’s plenty of sparkling chardonnay around these days, and it’s little wonder because it produces excellent sparkling wine. But this one has introduced a little more texture and richness into the natural acidity and fruitiness of chardonnay and produced something really special for this variety....

Swan Valley

Chenin Blanc

If you want to understand all the fuss about older chenin blanc from the Swan Valley, then stick your nose in this. Wonderfully exotic aromas of butterscotch, toast, marmalade. All things that come with ageing of this wonderful grape variety. The palate has a delightful purity about it, while the natural fruit is balanced by some quite distinct secondary aged...

Swan Valley

Chenin Blanc

A chenin blanc that captures much of the Swan Valley and why this region is so good for this variety. It’s a slightly more restrained version than previously showing less obvious fruit though the lemon rind and lightly tropical notes on the nose are immediately appealing. The palate is more flinty and fine with a pure persistence. Has such a...

Margaret River

Chenin Blanc

Another of the very good chenin blancs coming from Margaret River these days. This one's made without any oak, so it's designed to be a real window into the fruit and the season. It has a nice mix of lightly tropical fruit, with an apple and pear combination and a cut of fine lime. The palate displays a lovely combination...

Swan Valley

Chenin Blanc

Here is a chenin blanc from the heart of the Swan Valley that’s been made into a beautiful example of a sparkling wine. Has a creamy melon character with a subtle roasted nuttiness emerging. The palate is soft and flavoursome with a bright lift that extends through to a completely satisfying finish. Love that lift of melon and cut pear...

Swan Valley

Chenin Blanc

A more restrained and less obviously fruity chenin from the Swan in a season that was so hot. There’s a little fruit sweetness balanced by a crisp acidity to give the palate a precise linear focus, while retaining those nice tropical notes splashed with a little lime.

Margaret River

Chenin Blanc

There are plenty of chenin blancs being turned into sparkling wines these days, and this is certainly one of the best. I particularly like the expression of the fruit, which has a purity and pristine qualities that highlight the traditional and typical melon-like tropical fruits and crisp acidity that are part of the variety. It also has texture and flavour...

Swan Valley

Chenin Blanc

Chenin blanc was another variety to excel in the stellar 2023 vintage in the Swan Valley. If there is a purer expression of Swan valley chenin than this, I’m yet to see it. Lightly tropical melon and citrus characters pervade on the nose. While the palate delivers a refreshing and lively expression of the variety. Has texture that makes it...

Swan Valley

Chenin Blanc

Wow, I’ve tasted some wonderful examples of this style in the past, but this one is right up there with any of them. Shows what you can achieve with Swan Valley chenin, just by ageing in the bottle. It’s pure chenin. No oak. Starting to show subtle toasty fruit characters with a zingy acid a feature in driving it to...

Margaret River

Chenin Blanc

I have to say, this is one of the best whites I've seen from Stormflower. It was partially barrel fermented, and this has provided a nice textural and aromatic addition to the nose and palate. It has a creaminess about it, but there's still a racy, energetic mix of tropical fruits and edgy lemon zest, with just a little red...

Swan Valley

Chenin Blanc

This wine comes from the Carabooda Block, just north of Perth. It's a site that's consistently produced some excellent fruit, and this chenin is another cracker. Oodles of tropical, citrusy aromas on the nose. And then a succulent, crisp palate showing a little of the melony, stone fruit, citrus combination you might expect. Clean, refreshing acidity sustains a long finish....

Margaret River

Chenin Blanc

This is a throwback to the very popular wines of the 80s produced with chenin blanc showing a little sweetness. It's variety that can handle this style with the crisp natural acid keeping it lively and clean. Loaded with tropical fruits showing a little peach flavour. Crisp fine acid. Great summer drinking.

Swan Valley

Chenin Blanc

The Contis have been making chenin blanc for a long time, and they know a thing or two about it. In this case, they’ve turned some excellent fruit into a lovely sparkling wine. It retains the vibrant natural acidity that defines the variety, while time on lees has introduced a creamy richness to the palate. Fragrant, lively and fruit-driven, with...

Swan Valley

Chenin Blanc

Gosh, there were some terrific chenins from the Swan valley in ’23 and this is yet another. Everything just fits together so well. Loads of citrus character and light tropical fruit on the nose. Exquisite weight and flavour intensity on the palate with its zingy lime and lightly appley characters. What a joy to drink.

Margaret River

Chenin Blanc

Wherever you went in WA in 2023 you got very good chenin blanc and this one from the Northern end of Wilyabrup is no exception. Solids influence is an important part of Carr’s winemaking, and it shows here. After settling, the juice was fermented in old oak puncheons and after topping left for nine months. There’s been no fining and...

South West

Chenin Blanc

It was a very warm year but this variety was ready early and missed much of the heat. Result; is a most beautiful example of this increasingly popular variety. Distinct lime, apple and pear on the nose with a little of the passionfruit varietal character. The palate is clean and crisp with a crunchy vibrant finish.

Swan Valley

Chenin Blanc

One of the great producers of this Swan Valley staple. In this case special care has been taken with hand picking and bunch sorting of the fruit taken from the oldest chenin vineyard, planted in 1962. Not the punchy overt tropical fruit but there is still a fruit freshness, livened with a mix of florals and spices. Tremendous mouth feel....

Margaret River

Chenin Blanc

Here’s a chenin blanc with a little bit of panache, made by wild fermentation in barrel with granite stones. That adds plenty of intrigue and complexity, from the initial take on the nose through to the crisp, minerally palate. Slightly nutty, with light stone fruit notes. The palate is textured but retains that linear precision from the natural acidity of...

Swan Valley

Chenin Blanc

This wine was introduced a couple of years ago, and it's an absolute cracker. It's made from hand-picked Swan Valley chenin blanc, which was then bunch sorted before a very gentle pressing. This gets the most from the beautiful fruit, which, despite the warm year, was exceptional. This isn't a big fruit bomb. In fact, it's quite spicy and fine...

Swan Valley

Chenin Blanc

Gee, this is a good example of the sparkling chenins being made in Western Australia these days. It's made using the traditional méthode champenoise, with early picking that accentuates the natural acidity, and then time on lees to build a creamy complexity. Has a lovely fruity aromatic. And then a palate that is quite soft and fluffy, but with tremendous...

Margaret River

Chenin Blanc

This wine was sourced from Margaret River in what was a very good year for these white aromatics. It is a crisp, fresh and zippy chenin displaying citrus tang, some creamy textural elements and a racy, lively finish. If you can’t enjoy this on a warm summer’s afternoon, you are hard to please.

Swan Valley

Chenin Blanc

A variety that was fully tested in this hot year and yet once again has shown its ability to perform in warmer years in the Swan Valley. It’s from old vines and was fermented in oak and tank before being brought together. There’s a delightful spicy citrus character here rather than the usual varietal tropical fruits. The palate is already...

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...

Margaret River

Chenin Blanc

There are so many really interesting chenin blancs being produced in Western Australia these days. This one’s from Margaret River and it’s made with natural fermentation and minimal intervention, with low sulphur and no filtration. There’s some skin contact after the wild fermentation, and it gets some maturation after the fermentation in older French oak and even some ceramic eggs....

Margaret River

Chenin Blanc

This is another take on chenin, confirming its versatility for different expressions and styles. In this case it's been pressed to oak puncheons where it spent eight months. The ‘22 vintage delivered powerful and richly flavoured fruit, so the oak has been easily taken up. Lots of stone fruit with a faint lemon rind lift. It's a wine that is...