2025 Reserve Chardonnay

$80.00

The Reserve Collection represents the finest expressions of vineyard, vintage and variety from Wilyabrup, Margaret River.

Made from 100% Gingin clone Chardonnay, handpicked, whole-bunch pressed and wild fermented in French oak.

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Bottle 750ml

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97 Points

Reviews

97 Points, Ray Jordan Wine Review
Ray Jordan regards the 2025 Reserve Chardonnay as another standout Margaret River wine. He notes its concentrated, tightly structured character, with mineral and marzipan aromas alongside brioche. The palate combines gently toasted oak and roasted cashew with rich stone fruit and quince paste. Despite its depth, the wine remains precise and linear, carrying through to an exceptionally long finish. Recommended cellaring: 10 years. — Summary of Ray Jordan's review.

Colour Pale straw in colour with bright green tints.

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

Palate Nectarine flesh, grapefruit zest, citrus blossom and nougat, with succulent acid leading into savoury complexities from full-solids wild ferment in barrel — seaspray, cashew and flint. A wine with depth, phenolic weight and lingering freshness.

Tasting Note

Colour Pale straw in colour with bright green tints.

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

Winemaker Comments

Produced from 100% Gingin clone Chardonnay grown between our Estate Vineyard (60%) and Wildberry Springs Vineyard (40%) in Wilyabrup, the fruit was handpicked and whole-bunch pressed directly to French oak barriques with full solids for wild ferment by indigenous yeast. The wine underwent partial malolactic fermentation and judicious lees stirring during maturation to build palate weight, texture and complexity. Matured for 10 months in a combination of 40% new and seasoned tight-grained French oak barriques from Francois Frères, Taransaud and Mercurey, the final blend was rested in tank for two months prior to bottling.

Winemaker Jeremy Hodgson

Technical Details

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

Vintage Description

2025 - An excellent Margaret River vintage, with a warm, dry ripening period allowing for picking at optimal ripeness. White wines showed excellent fruit expression and natural acid retention.

Pair & Share

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.

Fermoy Lodge

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Liquor License: 6180040097. Class of Licence: Producer’s Licence. Name of Licensee: Fermoy Holdings. Address of Licensed Premises: 838 Metricup Road, Wilyabrup, Western Australia, 6280. Telephone of Licensed Premises: 08 9778 9015. Warning: Under the Liquor Control Act 1988, it is an offence: to sell or supply liquor to a person under the age of 18 years on licensed or regulated premises; or for a person under the age of 18 years to purchase, or attempt to purchase, liquor on licensed or regulated premises.