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Margaret River

Sauvignon Blanc

Plenty of punchy, ripe tropical fruit here. The season was quite warm, but it produced some of the most expressive, flavoursome and aromatic wines. This one is beautifully balanced, with subtle notes of gooseberry and passion fruit, all presented with a restraint that makes it so appealing. The palate is a feature, with its rich fruit flavours and fine acidity...

Margaret River

Sauvignon Blanc

You're getting some pretty sassy savvy for this price. I’s always great value and very good but in years like this is lifts into another level. Crisp and crunchy with lively lemon and gooseberry nuances. The textural complexity comes from some time in barrel with regularly lees stirring. Works so well.

Margaret River

Sauvignon Blanc

Plenty of punch and tropical passionfruit on the nose with this excellent savvy from this excellent season. A little barrel fermentation and further maturation have introduced a degree of textural complexity and mouthfeel that sets this apart from your normal run-of-the-mill savvy. Beautifully bright and energetic. A little drizzle of citrus, and it all hangs in there to produce a...

Margaret River

Semillon Sauvignon Blanc

Here’s a neat little SSB blend delivering vibrant, zippy fruit characters throughout. Tropical fruit and citrus combination on the nose. Then a palate showing some nice fruit sweetness and tropical character, but with a clean, defining acidity. Nice current-drinking wine.

Margaret River

Sauvignon Blanc

Always interesting. And always distinctive. A little bit of winemaking goes in here to create a wine of rare complexity for this variety. All wild yeast fermentation in large format old oak and ceramic eggs successfully builds complexity but retains the vibrancy of the fruit. A complex mix of creamy fruit and dried herbs and lighted floral notes. The palate...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

A wine that pays suitable homage to the McHenry matriarch, Hazel. This is a wine of such distinction. The aromas have a wonderful mix of minerally oyster shell, grapefruit, with traces of brioche and crème brûlée. The palate is an incredible experience of depth, of power, of concentration, and ultimately of poise and refinement. It’s so beautifully harnessed and composed...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

As the name suggests the fruit comes from a number of vineyards down this famous road from Karridale, through Wallcliffe through to Wilyabrup. It is such a vibrant and lively crunchy wine with tremendous life in the palate. Distinctive citrus tang with grapefruit and quince paste melon characters. Traces of white peach and a fresh sea spray contribute to the...

Margaret River

Semillon Sauvignon Blanc

Hamelin Bay semillon sauvignon blanc 2024 ($26) This is a combination that is so well suited to this southern part of Margaret River. It’s a single vineyard that has been pumping out brilliant fruit for years. In this case in a very warm year it’s managed to produce an excellent wine displaying light gooseberry and grassy melon characters with a...

Margaret River

Semillon Sauvignon Blanc

These southern vineyards in Margaret River are ideally suited to this classic blend. This wine has vibrancy and purity, with pristine fruit characters that combine the slightly lemony, grassy notes of semillon with the tropical and passionfruit characters of sauvignon blanc. It delivers minerality and crisp acidity, with a fine lift of citrus on the finish. Subtle herbaceousness adds another...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This is an impressive blanc de blanc style made from Margaret River chardonnay. Shows tremendous intensity on the nose and palate. Lift of floral lemon notes with traces of fresh baked bread and lightly roasted cashew. The palate has real power with a fresh bready yeasty character providing plenty. Bit going on here.

Pemberton

Chardonnay

This is chardonnay from Pemberton off gravelly soils that prove ideal for delivering a more restrained sparkling wine friendly fruit which in this case is a mix of Dijon clones. This vintage is so precise and steely with tremendous power and palate intensity. It gets 4 years on lees and 10% new oak. The cheeky aim is to make it...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

Great vintage, great wine. It’s the perfect combination. This is right up there with any previous Cullen chardonnay, and if someone argued it to be the best I wouldn't put up much of a fight. Follows the Cullen biodynamic approach which sees the fruit harvested by hand, whole bunch basket pressed and then fermented in a mix of concrete eggs,...

Margaret River

Sauvignon Blanc

Dukes puts his winemaking stamp on this baby with the use of oak to complement the Sauvignon Blanc. It was such a beautiful vintage and the fruit so perfectly presented that the oak sits harmoniously in support. Has a lemon zest and slightly nutty character with other spices and citrus characters emerging. I like the slightly steely flinty minerality on...

Geographe

Sauvignon Blanc

This fumé style savvy has been really well made in that while it’s been wild fermented in old chardonnay barrels, the degree of oak influence has been held in perfect balance. At the same time, it’s created a wine of richness and texture and layers of flavour with a slightly lemony nutty character and a fine savoury minerally finish. This...

Margaret River

Semillon Sauvignon Blanc

One of the earliest examples of this blended style in Margaret River, and one which remains one of the most enjoyable. Aromas show a bright combination of melon and passionfruit with traces of cut grass. The palate is flavoursome with a lingering finish. Excellent drinking in the short term.

Margaret River

Semillon Sauvignon Blanc

Really belts out some decent aromatics of tropical fruit and subtle grassy characters. Palate has plenty of sweet fruit with an intensity driven by a crisp and crunchy acid. A lift of citrus and passionfruit completes the picture. Ideal in the short term.

Pemberton

Chardonnay

A wonderful chardonnay that comes from the Channybearup Vineyard in Pemberton. Handpicked and then whole bunch pressed before natural fermentation in a new and old puncheon combination. Aromas of brioche and butterscotch with subtle cashew and lemon curd characters. The palate is powerfully stated with depth and intensity, driving through to a long finish.

Pemberton

Chardonnay

Okay, so here is something special. Its 100% chardonnay and after bottling spent 12 years on lees before disgorgement. The result is an outstanding example of Australian sparkling wine that would have the French trembling in their riddling racks. Intense aromas of butterscotch and toasty marmalade with a bright fresh lemon citrus lift. The palate is layered and deeply complex...

Great Southern

Sauvignon Blanc

I think sauvignon blanc must be bullet proof to produce such an enjoyable, though restrained wine in such a hot vintage. Nice minerally citrus and melon aromas with a slight chalky dust character. The palate is finely balanced with nice light flavours finishing with a clean crispness.

Margaret River

Sauvignon Blanc

I have to say I think this is the best Art Series savvy yet released. It combines the beautiful aromatic nances evident immediately with a beautifully crafted textural palate. The palate is sublime with its rich intensity and centration of fruit lifted and revealed with a minerally acidity. That texture comes from 30% barrel fermentation in one-year-old French oak barriques...

Margaret River

White Varietal

A quite rare variety in Australia, but a few interesting examples are being produced. This is certainly one of the more intense examples and a very good wine. Spicy apply citrus and light pastry characters emerge initially on the nose and then into the fine and tightly controlled palate. Has a refreshing crunchy finishing acidity. Ideal aperitif wine.

Pemberton

White Blend

A classic grape variety mostly found in Piedmont in Italy. Has a racy acidity but richer textural palate notes. It's generous and in this case some older oak has been used to help in the formation of a well-shaped palate. I've tasted this over two years now and the extra year is starting to make quite an impact.

Pemberton

Chardonnay

Sourced from Pemberton and shows that slightly lighter and more pristine character. It's made using a clay cement egg with the principle that the lees are constantly forced up allowing the juice to pick up flavour and mouth feel. It retains a delightfully light feel but with super intensity. An elegant wine with touches of lemon curd and quince gentle...

Margaret River

Semillon Sauvignon Blanc

An extra year or two in bottle will take this wine into another zone. It punches out a tremendous wave of tropical gooseberry passionfruit and even a little limey grapefruit on the nose. The palate is still vibrant and crunchy with a slightly melony pebble-like character. Just that hint of French oak has brought another dimension and turned this into...

Pemberton

Sauvignon Blanc

The crunchy vibrancy of fruit sourced from Pemberton is clearly evident from the first aromas. There's a beautiful mix of light gooseberry and citrus with a subtle but restrained passionfruit varietal character. The palate has a crunchy vibrancy about it, with a subtle minerality adding further complexity, with those tropical fruit flavours and just the faintest hint of cut grass...

Pemberton

Pinot Noir

Another wonderful example of the Sittella house style. It’s a 60% pinot noir and 40% chardonnay with a reserve wine that goes back to 2012. The colour is bright yellow and golden. The aroma is lovely combination of lemon brioche with a subtle underpinning of game and meatiness. Beautifully fragrant and vibrant. Traces of cashew and marzipan. Gets a little...

Margaret River

Sauvignon Blanc

A distinctive style that Woody Nook has championed for some years. Barrel fermented with wild yeast in second use French oak with monthly lees stirring over seven months maturation. Brings that textural feel into play but retains the essential crisp acidity of the sauvignon blanc. Love the bright minerally and slightly chalky feel which promotes a linear palate.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

It captures so much of the character that is the Gingin clone from Wilyabrup. It's made along similar lines to the other chardonnays in this range, but it demonstrates the clonal influence and the regional character. There's a lemon meringue and subtle peachy nectar and stone fruit combination on the nose, and the palate has a creamier, richer texture, albeit...

Margaret River

Sauvignon Blanc

This has been made in a fumé style, and it's a combination of largely sauvignon blanc with about 15% semillon. It received about 42% new French oak in a mix of barriques and puncheons, which has had a significant impact on the wine. Lovely floral, stone fruit and nutty characters on the nose, and a palate that is both textural...

Margaret River

Sauvignon Blanc

Here is a perfect illustration of how you can get sauvignon blanc in a pretty good year, expose it to some partial barrel fermentation, and achieve something quite special. It retains its obvious stone fruit characters on the nose, but with some fine nutty, citrusy influences that herald a wine of some complexity. It has a crunchy, lively, and quite...

Margaret River

White Blend

A classic Margaret River blend with added complexity from 10% French oak wild yeast fermentation. The nose shows tropical fruit, light lemon and fresh-cut grass. The palate is zingy and crisp, with passionfruit and a neat lime lift. Perfect for current drinking.

Margaret River

Sauvignon Blanc

This is a wine that’s been dialed back a little from earlier versions but still remains true to the style of using oak with sauvignon blanc. Oak fermentation and the use of a concrete egg all help in the composition to create a harmoniously balanced wine of layered complexity and richness. The technique highlights the minerality while retaining the mix...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This was a vintage with some challenges largely as a result of rain and resulting humidity. It meant the vignerons were busy getting the fruit to the sorting table in top condition. Thankfully, that has been done and the result is an exceptional wine. After handpicking the fruit is whole bunch pressed and then 100% barrel fermented in oak of...

Margaret River

Semillon Sauvignon Blanc

From the get-go the immediate pungency of generous semillon and sauvignon blanc in perfect sync is obvious. Loads of stone fruit and gooseberry with a little passion fruit edginess combined neatly. The palate is flavoursome with a refreshing, clean acidity to sustain. It's a wine that's ideally suited for drinking over the next couple of years while it retains its...

Pemberton

Sauvignon Blanc

The minerally purity of Pemberton sauvignon blanc is on full display with this very tidy, young savvy. Typically bursting with tropical fruits, a little gooseberry, guava influence, and some bright passionfruit. The palate is precise, keen, and flavoursome, with a long, crunchy, refreshing finish.

Margaret River

White Blend

From the outset this small family run producer has made excellent blended whites The vineyard produces fruit of such purity and fruit vibrancy. This is another cracker with the minerally juicy passionfruit flavours augmented with a subtle use of oak through barrel fermentation. A perfect summer drink for now but a couple more years wouldn't hurt it at all.

Margaret River

Sauvignon Blanc

Plenty of intriguing characters and nuances swirling through this fume style sauvignon blanc. The underlying notes passionfruit and tropical fruit are still evident but then the oak introduces other characters of flinty minerals and a slightly smoky nutty nuance. Rich creamy texture but a firm hand guides to a long finish.

Margaret River

White Blend

This ticks all the boxes for the SBS style out of Margaret River, especially for this more youthful and highly fruit-driven expression. Aromas of gooseberry, cut grass and hay with a decent flash of lemony citrus. The palate is flavoursome, with good intensity controlled with fine acid, finishing clean, crisp and long. Nice current-drinking wine.

Margaret River

Sauvignon Blanc

Don’t expect one of those Kiwi fruit bombs. This is a savvy with a subdued yet still intensity of flavour that makes it an interesting alternative to those very forward styles. Nectarine, light tropical nose and a hint of guava and a slight lemon zest to the finish combine to produce an excellent wine for immediate drinking. Love the textural...

Margaret River

Sauvignon Blanc

This warmish year has certainly produced fruit of terrific intensity and weight. In this case, the sauvignon blanc was sourced out of Karridale, well to the south of Margaret River, and was wild fermented in French barriques with lees stirring and 10 months of maturation. A slightly nutty oak influence is subordinated into the fruit, and so it never dominates....