2022 Chardonnay Margaret River

The 2022 Chardonnay leads with a nose redolent of white chocolate praline, roasted/salted/crushed cashews, orange oil, vanilla pod and wafer. In the mouth, the phenolics serve to almost balance the opulent fruit; this is a huge, pillowy wine of substance and volume. It tastes the way custard cooking on the stove smells, warming, soft and rich. The combination of a warm season, with the opulence of the Moss Wood Chardonnay style, has produced a wine of ample, capacious, billowing flavor. 14% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.

Cereal, ripe citrus, a bit of marzipan and sweet spice to finish. Savoury but not pinched, thanks to the generous fruit. Lingering finish. (RH)

This intensely aromatic and bold 2022 Margaret River Chardonnay delivers powerful almond, nectarine and peach skin fruit with a rich, spicy French oak backbone. An impressive package follows with zesty acidity, dense, compact fruit and taut oak providing immediate impact before more floral and citrus tones begin to emerge. Young and tight, it demands significant cellaring to hit its peak.