2024 Reserve Chardonnay (Limited Pre-Release)

Colour Pale straw with bright green tints.

Nose A lovely balance of perfumed white flowers, white peach, nectarine and grapefruit with complexing hints of flint, nougat and toasted/salted nuts.

Palate Balance is the key – lovely weight of nectarine flesh, grapefruit zest, citrus blossom and nougat, with succulent acid leading into savoury complexities from full-solids wild ferment in barrel – seaspray, cashew & flint. A wine with depth, phenolic weight and length of flavour and refreshment.

Estate Vineyard (60%) Wildberry Springs Vineyard (40%)
Fruit was handpicked and whole-bunch pressed straight to barrel with full solids for natural ferment by indigenous yeast. Partial malolactic fermentation and judicious lees stirring during maturation built palate weight, texture and complexity. Blended via barrel selection, the wine was allowed to rest in tank for 2 months, then heat and cold stabilised with minimal fining and filtered prior to bottling in February 2025.

Winemaker Jeremy Hodgson

Region Wilyabrup, Margaret River, Western Australia
Varieties Chardonnay (100%)
Alcohol 13.0%
PH 3.24
Acidity 6.9 g/L
Residual Sugar <1.0 g/L

2024 - A warm & dry vintage highlighted by a very early start, excellent marri blossom, and some challenging heat spikes. Whites and rosés were picked earlier than ever and showed excellent fruit vibrancy.

Cellaring Drinking well now, this wine has the requisite fruit, phenolic weight and winemaking artefact to reward cellaring over the next 10 years.

Serving Temperature Lightly chilled 10-13°C

Serving Suggestion Drink with butter seared scallops.