Mount Mary Chardonnay 2023

20% whole-bunch pressed, the balance crushed and d-estemmed. Matured in French puncheons and barriques (30% new) for 11 months. A concentrated Mount Mary Chardonnay where the volume has been turned up in ‘23! An intense bouquet of white peach, confit lemon, fresh vanilla bean and oyster shells. There’s a lot going on and this follows perfectly onto the mouth-filling, powerful, structured and harmonious palate. This will give pleasure for at least 10 if not 15-plus years. 97 Points - Philip Rich, Halliday Wine Companion

This is a rich and zesty wine. Gee, it has some power. I’m thinking pear, peach, pink grapefruit, almond friand, a little struck match complexity, fennel and white flower/vanilla perfume. It’s juicy, it’s flinty, heaps good stone fruit flavour and intensity, some lime zest, tight acidity, with a nutty and ripe finish of superb length. So much flavour, yet tightly coiled and fine. Outstanding. 96 Points - Gary Walsh, The Wine Front