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Swan Valley

Chenin Blanc

Wonderful floral, perfumed white-petal notes on the nose announce this as Swan Valley chenin blanc. In a warmer year, the aromas and flavours are certainly well to the fore, but they're well controlled, with freshness retained by the crisp, lively acidity. The palate has lovely texture and richness, but there's also a purity and pristine character as it fires through...

Margaret River

Chenin Blanc

So many good chenin blancs emerging these days. Here is a lighter and less obviously fruity style, but one that is eminently drinkable and refreshing. Has a tighter apple and melon character with a splash of citrus. Keen and linear palate with a racy crisp finish.

Margaret River

Chenin Blanc

This is the first completely dry chenin blanc, the result of a program to move it in that direction. This has excellent white nectarine and peach flavours with muted tropical notes. Gets about 20% older oak which is evident on the palate. A small time on lees adds a textural dimension. It’s a little more serious with a slight unctuousness...

Swan Valley

Chenin Blanc

Chenin blanc, the humble Swan Valley staple, was one of the standout varieties from the 2023 vintage. I don't think I can remember a better version of this variety, which continues to gain in popularity. Aromas of lemon pith, melon and pear provide so much, initially on the nose and then through the perfectly weighted palate. A cracking good wine.

Margaret River

Chenin Blanc

If you love chenin blanc you are going to love this take on the variety. Natural fermentation in barriques and amphorae. It then had regular lees stirring which is reflected in the palate texture. The process takes much of the varietal tropical fruit characters out, but then you get other notes of vanilla bean, cashew and subtle savoury characters. And...

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...

Margaret River

Chenin Blanc

This was a pretty warm season in Margaret River. The wine was created from two separate picks of the biodynamic vineyard, with the first run through retaining the high natural acidity to add some defining structure to the wine, while the second run produced the fruit that would fill the middle palate. In the end, it became a nicely integrated...

Margaret River

Chenin Blanc

Designed as a racy and zippy easy drinking wine for the short term. Loaded with crunchy juicy tropical fruit laced with a squeeze of lemon, a touch of sliced apple and pear and a sprinkle of spices to finish. Nice mouthwatering texture.

Margaret River

Chenin Blanc

A sparkling wine that shows what a good variety chenin is for turning into sparkling wine. This has slightly more fruit generosity than previous vintages but still retains that bracing crispness and fruit energy. Careful not to chill it too much otherwise you might lose those beautiful aromatics and palate flavours.

Swan Valley

Chenin Blanc

It was a good year for chenin in the Swan Valley, and this stacks up with any yet released from Nicola. It's balanced, has great flavour, and shows wonderful length. This captures everything you want in the variety. On the nose, you get a mix of melon and light citrus, while on the palate there’s a crunchy, crisp acidity sustaining...

Margaret River

Chenin Blanc

Chenin blanc has been a strength of this vineyard since the early days. This is a slightly different take on the variety, with French oak playing a significant role. Whole bunch pressed into French oak puncheons and matured for eight months, it delivers both texture and flavour. The natural acidity of chenin, even in this warm year, shines through. Nutty...

Margaret River

Chenin Blanc

This is a highly intense and powerful statement of the variety. Had 50% in old oak puncheons and the remainder in a concrete fermenter. It’s created a wine of depth and power that captures the 2025 vintage. It has a nice savoury and slightly saline influence on the lightly tropical and stone-fruit characters. It gets about nine months on lees,...

Margaret River

Chenin Blanc

Each year, Peterkin produces one of the most interesting takes on chenin blanc. In this case, it went through both barrel and amphora after wild fermentation, then received fortnightly lees stirring. The result is a wine that retains the beautiful aromatics of chenin with a slightly citrusy melon and apple tropical character, but then builds in a texture which combines...

Margaret River

Chenin Blanc

In recent times, this has been a winner for Voyager, but this is a slight style departure. It is certainly made into a drier style, and there is an increasing combination and contribution from the older base wine. It also gets a longer time on lees, and that seems to take off that slightly tart acid character. There are loads...

Margaret River

Chenin Blanc

This sparkling wine from the increasingly popular chenin blanc variety was made in the traditional way and then had 5 years on tirage just before release, allowing it to develop subtle creamy characters on the palate, especially, but adding a further complexity on the nose. It has that fine natural acidity and a lovely, lightly tropical fruit character that is...

Margaret River

Chenin Blanc

Cape Grace has been a champion of this variety for some time. This gets about 30% wild fermentation in oak, which certainly brings added complexity and interest. Has a crunchy apple and fresh pastry character on the nose with a palate that has depth and layered complexity finished with a fine lingering acidity. Great food wine, this.

Margaret River

Chenin Blanc

This is a barrel fermented style of chenin blanc. The oak has been gently introduced and certainly does not dominate, but it does bring a level of textural complexity to lift. Retains its fresh green apple and light tropical fruit characters with a slight creaminess. Excellent wine.

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

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...

Margaret River

Chenin Blanc

Super season for this aromatic fruity variety. A small portion was barrel fermented resulting in a slightly tighter palate at the moment but one that is ready to develop beautifully with age. The nose has a sort of red apply skin and punchy melon nuance. The palate is racy with a crunchy chalky acidity supporting that vibrant fruit expression.

Margaret River

Chenin Blanc

This single-vineyard chenin from old vines on this property has been a strong suit for Aravina for a while. This seems to have been brought back a little with some restraint, but it's certainly lost nothing in intensity and flavour. Plenty goes into it with handpicking, whole-bunch pressing into oak puncheons, and then six months of further maturation. The nose...

Swan Valley

Chenin Blanc

Rodgers and Hammerstein, Simon and Garfunkel, chenin blanc, and the Swan Valley. They're combinations that just make sense. This one's a cracking wine from what was one of the best seasons for chenin in recent years, and there've been some pretty good ones. Loaded with all the tropical, dried herb, spicy, cut line characters that you want with this variety....

Swan Valley

Chenin Blanc

The ‘23 vintage was one of the very best for chenin blanc in the Swan Valley and this wonderful wine is a classic example of what can be done with this variety. Loaded with delightful fragrant fruit, a mix of apple and pear with a gentle citrus lift. The palate is textured and deeply flavoursome. A twist of lemon on...

Geographe

Chenin Blanc

Chenin blanc can be treated a number of ways – without oak, with oak and with lees influence to build texture. This is the style adopted here and it's resulted in an excellent example of this variety. Has a crunchy, slightly steely minerality but with excellent fruit ripeness and purity. The lees stirring has introduced that textural element showing the...

Swan Valley

Chenin Blanc

Captures the very essence of Swan Valley chenin blanc. This is a lovely wine from this slightly warmer year, so the fruit is generous and intensely flavoursome, but it retains the crisp, natural acidity of chenin, even from the Swan, producing a quite beautiful drink. Lifted aromas of citrus and apple with a slightly Sherbert character. The palate is slightly...

Margaret River

Chenin Blanc

This vineyard was one of the first planted at Aravina back in 1986. The fruit is hand-picked and then whole bunch pressed to puncheons where it spent 8 months. The whole bunch pressing has added character while retaining the vibrancy throughout. Nectarine and creamy white peach characters and then a final lick of citrus to lift. A creamy textural expression...

Swan Valley

Chenin Blanc

Another cracking wine under this relatively new label. Fruit is sourced out of the Swan Valley, and that makes absolute sense. It was a warm season that's translated into wine of intensity and texture, but with that typical chenin blanc lift of acidity to elevate it. It's creamy and rich and thoroughly delicious on the palate, with a light tropical...

Margaret River

Chenin Blanc

If you think you’ve seen chenin blanc, then think again. This is quite a different spin on a variety that has been so important to West Australian wines, and obviously to Houghton Winery in particular. Hence the name EV37, which is a reference to the first Houghton white burgundy that was released and made by Jack Mann in 1937. This...

Swan Valley

Chenin Blanc

No suite of Swan Valley wines would be complete without chenin blanc, and Garth Cliff knows a thing or two about making decent chenin. In this case, it's been whole-bunch pressed and went through natural fermentation, high solids and just in old barriques. From the start it is an incredibly complex palate-friendly wine that provides yet another spin on this...

Swan Valley

Chenin Blanc

A consistently impressive and expressive example of this variety sourced from the Swan Valley. On the nose, you get the usual tropical, albeit lightly tropical, fruits. But then, in this case, there’s a slightly spicy, dried-herb character adding further complexity. The palate is textured and flavoursome, with the light fruits supported by a fine, crisp, natural acidity that is a...

Margaret River

Chenin Blanc

Another example of how this variety can manifest itself in so many different regions, producing wines of subtle differences, but always with impressive quality. In this case, the wine's been worked with wild yeasts and some older barrel influence with regular lees stirring. So, you're getting chenin blanc with the natural vibrant acidity offset and balanced with some supple palate...

Swan Valley

Chenin Blanc

This new face in WA wine was one of my finds a couple of years ago, and once again it has come up trumps, displaying the remarkable qualities of chenin blanc to emerge triumphant even in challenging and very hot seasons. It is a testament to both vineyard management and winemaking. In this case, it leans more into stone fruit...

Swan Valley

Chenin Blanc

A beautiful example of Swan Valley chenin blanc in this great vintage. Strikes with a burst of citrus infused tropical fruit on the nose. Lovely fruit intensity delivers a palate offering stacks of appeal. The tropical melony fruit flavours finish very long.

Margaret River

Chenin Blanc

This is just so delicious as a current drinking white wine. Bursting with vibrant fresh tropical notes on the nose. A little passionfruit and citrus to add tang provide an engaging opening. The palate is crunchy and alive with so much fruit intensity. A little creamy textural feel completes an excellent wine.

Margaret River

Chenin Blanc

Another expression of chenin blanc showing just how versatile this variety is across regions. This one has been wild fermented in French oak and then left a further 10 months on lees with regular stirring to build texture and complexity. Yet it’s not overdone. The vibrant fruit intensity is retained, with typical tropical lemony zest still evident, but with added...

Swan Valley

Chenin Blanc

I do like chenin blanc from the Swan, and in this excellent year the result is compelling. Fermented in stainless steel and left on lees before blending, which has given the wine texture and richness while retaining fresh, spicy, citrus and slightly appley characters. The palate is punchy, vibrant and slightly textural, lifted by a splash of citrus on the...

Margaret River

Chenin Blanc

Doesn’t seem to matter where it’s planted, but chenin blanc is always an excellent variety. And this run from the ’25 vintage has plenty of punch and intensity. Typical tropical fruits with melon lemon notes on the nose. Then a generous palate with good intensity and balanced by a crisp, linear acidity contributing to its focus and structure. Nice wine...

Margaret River

Chenin Blanc

Another brilliant example of the versatility of this variety. It's been cane cut to allow the bunches to dry and concentrate the sugars. It's thoroughly delicious with its floral, green apple and citrus on the nose and then the luscious mix of cumquat, lemon tart and a hint of pineapple. If you want just a little sweetness with a crisp...

Swan Valley

Chenin Blanc

A first-rate example of chenin blanc, a variety the Swan Valley does so well. The fruit comes from Rockets Vineyard, planted by Tony Mann many years ago. Cliff has used a combination of whole bunch pressing with a very high solids component, adding deep, rich complexity, with natural fermentation further contributing to that layered feel. It has had some time...

Margaret River

Chenin Blanc

This is a different take on chenin blanc showing another way this excellent variety can be expressed. It was whole bunch pressed to French oak where it was wild fermented with regular lees stirring. It’s all designed to develop complexity and bring out a rich expression of chenin. Lemon zest and stone fruit with a sprinkle of spices. Like this...