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Margaret River

Chardonnay

This emerged a few years ago as one of the stars in Margaret River, and with this vintage, it clings to that mantle easily. In many ways, a slightly tighter version of the standard chardonnay, but with tremendous depth and concentration. Similarly, it was whole bunch pressed into French oak and wild fermented, getting a further nine months in oak....

Margaret River

Chardonnay

One of the most powerful and generous of the Flametree chardonnays yet released. You start with the grapefruit and vanilla pod, light stone fruit crème brulee on the nose. Then the palate delivers with its powerful wave of intense fruit supported by excellent fine-oak. A little tick of saline acidity and lemon on the finish completes a very good wine.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This wine has really started to move into its best work. A precisely defined cabernet showing the character of this vintage. Blackcurrant and scented cedary oak complement each other while the chalky tannins provide the structural base and palate definition. A little black olive and faint oyster shell minerality. The palate is really coming into its own.

Frankland River

Riesling

One of the very best Isolation Ridge rieslings produced. It’s from an exceptional vintage showing the pristine purity and minerally tension of great rieslings. Comes from a combination of clones planted in 1988. Now this is not your usual riesling. It was left on lees for nine months and about 10% was matured in oak. The result is a wine...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

There is a similarity with the Paladin Hill, but the difference is barrel selection. This comes from Northern Wilyabrup, plus some estate grown chardonnay and some Karridale chardonnay. All barrel fermentation and 10 % new oak. A combination of barriques and puncheons. It’s loaded with light lemony grapefruit and melony fruit characters. The minerally acidity provides an excellent balance. Small...

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...

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...

Great Southern

Chardonnay

From the outset you know you are on to something of richness and power. The nose bursts with a hit of struck match, butterscotch and roasted nuts. Then the palate reveals a combination of the excellent fruit and the winemaker's art. Rich and textured with a lavish intensity that drives purposefully to a long finish. Score:

Pemberton

Chardonnay

This Pemberton chardonnay from Bill and Dan Pannell really does capture so much about this vintage and this region. It has all the delicacy and refinement you expect from Pemberton, but there is a gradual build-up of intensity, which is clearly evident on the palate. Lightly fragrant floral nuances on the nose, with very subtle cashew nuttiness and a faint...

Porongurup

Riesling

This is a sort of entry-level riesling, if you like. An immediately approachable wine with soft acidity but wonderful fruit characters exhibiting on the floral, minerally nose, and then the finely balanced, pure, crisp palate. Has an absolutely beautiful mouthfeel with a slightly talcy bath-salts character emerging. If you’re wanting to get into your rieslings, this one is right on...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Although from this slightly cooler vintage all the character you seek in cabernet is there. The blackcurrant, minty cedary notes and a little black olive. Overriding is a trace of bay leaf and oyster shell minerality. The palate is medium bodied with good intensity and length. Excellent fruit and oak integration.

Great Southern

Chardonnay

This comes from Denmark's oldest producing vineyard, which Paul Nelson acquired a few years ago. It's a distinctive style with layers of complexity evident from the nose. There's a slightly buttery, savoury combination, a stone-fruit, slightly nectarine influence, and a subtle dollop of fresh cream. The palate is rich and textured with layers of savoury, brioche-like flavours, and it strikes...

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

Grenache

This grenache was sourced out of the Swan Valley, a region that contains some of the best grenache vines in the country. This has a slightly earthy, dusty aromatic working with the riper primary black cherry and plum notes. And then a medium-bodied palate starting to build a deeper complexity with layers of fruit, revealing ripe blackberry and spices.

Margaret River

Semillon

Not many straight semillon made these days, so it always pleases me when I find one. This captures the essential lemon characters of the variety on the nose before delivering a generously proportioned palate with a fine lift of acid. The texture is balanced with that crisp acidity carrying the finish.

Swan Valley

White Varietal

Sittella introduced this a couple of years ago. It’s a variety synonymous with the Rías Baixas region of northern Spain. This is quite an exciting release and, in my view, the best to date. Nice, subtle aromas of spices and dried herbs, with a little lemon zest. The palate has surprising complexity for a lighter-style wine, with that spicy, lemony,...

Great Southern

Riesling

The prettiness and fruit clarity of the '26 vintage in the Great Southern are clearly on display here. It is such a beautiful entry-level riesling for Singlefile, but it delivers a lot more than that. Floral, spicy citrus notes on the nose and a thoroughly delightful, textured palate, but with a fine, restrained acidity that carries through to a long...

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...

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

Riesling

Although the vineyards at Forest Hill go back to 1965, this one is sourced from several sites. It really is a quite beautiful wine, capturing the vintage, which was very good for white wines, rather well. Spicy lemon zest and mineral notes on the nose are intense. Then the palate, as always, is powerfully defined and linear, with tremendous mineral,...

Margaret River

Sauvignon Blanc

Punchy, bright savvy displaying all that crunchy vibrancy you want in this variety but with a controlled restraint. Slightly muted tropical fruit with guava and faint passionfruit influences. There is a creamy mouth feel which appeals.

Great Southern

Chardonnay

A rich, nutty and creamy expression of Great Southern chardonnay. It has a nice combination of quince paste and stone fruit on the nose with a subtle and fine minerality. The palate has good flavour intensity and a nice balance of oak and fruit supported by a crisp, fine acidity. That slightly nutty quince paste and nectarine character emerges through...

Mount Barker

Riesling

In a warm year, the southern vineyards in the state performed quite well for the white varieties. This is a dry-style riesling with plenty to like about it. Floral, citrusy aromatics are immediately apparent, while the palate has settled into a groove with a minerally, spicy character complemented by natural citrus edges. The palate is controlled by fine, lingering acidity....

Swan Valley

White Varietal

Pure, precise, lively Swan Valley vermentino. It comes from a single block right on the river. On the nose, you get a subtle combination of freshly squeezed lime and some light mango-like tropical aromas. Beautiful, crisp, fine flavours on the palate, with a little citrus and pear. Lovely balance and lovely drinking now.

Geographe

Chardonnay

This is something new and quite an excellent expression of chardonnay from this outstanding vintage. There's some neat oak contributing to an expressive style, but with the power and intensity of the fruit, strong features as a nutty, creamy character on the nose and then a palate which shows some slightly struck-match, flint-like characters. It's a wine of great character...

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...

Perth Hills

Viogner

Millbrook remains one of the relatively few exponents of this famous Rhône variety. Over the years, it's been tightened to an extent to harness those obvious apricot and lychee-like characters of viognier, producing a wine that is more finely linear while still retaining the gingery apricot characters that are fundamentally part of the variety. Delightful floral aromas of honey and...

Mount Barker

Riesling

Beautifully pristine riesling with a delightful fresh purity. It’s all free run juice which shows on the palate with its bright fresh fruit characters of spice and lemon with a squeeze of finishing lime. Shows excellent texture but retains that linear mouth feel through to a very long finish.

Swan Valley

Chardonnay

Here is your ready to drink at any time chardonnay. It's a perfect afternoon quaffer with some nice seafood on the barbecue. Creamy stone fruit delivered with subtle restraint. Lifted by lemon and quince paste on the nose. Flavoursome palate.

Mount Barker

Riesling

As with other whites in the Dream Bird portfolio, a little lees stirring has been used to build in just that subtle degree of texture while not compromising the fine linear line that is riesling. Typically, citrusy notes with a little musk and a slightly crunchy minerality. There's an intensity of flavour here, but it's held and focused through to...

Great Southern

Chardonnay

A lighter style of chardonnay, but one with plenty of character. The aromas sit within the melony, light nectarine zone with a little vanilla pod interest. The palate is lightly framed but with good intensity. The stone fruit richness provides plenty within, while a fine acid and light lemon edge add definition and precision.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

You're getting a fair amount of high-quality chardonnay at this price with some serious winemaking. It was 100% barrel-fermented with wild fermentation, but no malolactic fermentation with the aim of retaining that fresh, zingy acidity and vibrancy. It has had the influence of lees, which has been stirred regularly to build in a textural completeness. Lemony grapefruit notes on the...

Margaret River

White Varietal

One of the most distinctive of all white grape varieties. It can go a little over the top, but Pym typically handles it extremely well, capturing the lychee, musky and gingery notes of the variety. More importantly, he creates a textural feel that restrains the phenolics and delivers good, rich fruit flavours. He uses ceramic eggs for the fermentation and...

Great Southern

White Varietal

This wine is sourced from Frankland River and has produced a wine of pristine purity and freshness, with lively palate flavours that make it immediately appealing. On the nose, there’s a fresh sea spray character with a slightly saline-like spice and subtle lemony note. It’s intense, yet retains the delicacy that makes vermentino so appealing. Certainly as an aperitif, but...

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

What a marvelous chardonnay from these guys. At the outset, it's whole bunch pressed and fermented in a combo of new and seasoned French oak before a regime of lees stirring. Has a fine mineral thread with an engaging combination of light char, cracked seashell and sea spray on the nose. The palate is precise but relentlessly long and intense....

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...

Great Southern

Riesling

Consistently one of the best rieslings in the State. This is one of the finest and most delicate. Fine spicy lemon and lime contributes to a palate of tension and direction. There is such a delightful pristine purity with a fine minerally thread extending through to the finish. Zippy acid to finish.

Geographe

Chardonnay

A wine that continues the more refined and restrained approach I saw with the '21, which, albeit was a cooler more linear vintage. Distinct aromas of crème brulee and quince with a lemon edge vanilla pod character. The palate is so neatly integrated with beautifully weighted rich and textured fruit held with a fine linear acidity. A touch of gunsmoke...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

The Geographe region demonstrates its versatility with this excellent chardonnay. An aroma of lemon butter, roasted cashew and light quince paste greets immediately. Then the palate starts to unravel its own secrets with its texture and rich intensity. Strikes such a good oak and fruit balance, with the precision on the finish heightened by a minerally chalky acidity.