Pale gold. A delicately airy floral aromatic with gentle minerality and almost ethereal perfume of ripe apple, green melon and seaspray. The palate is similarly airy, silky and light with gently persistent flavours of apple, wild flowers and salinity. This is smooth but not creamy, with very fine texture and a graceful linearity which is uncommon for the variety. A uniquely pretty wine of delicacy and refinement rather than power and depth. Points: 94/100
Supple, soft, textural expression. Quite a lot of dried and fresh pear, fresh nectarine, that inimitable terracotta savouriness, arrowroot biscuit, ginger and preserved lemon in this wine. It’s quite open weave, rich in a way, loose knit and plush with lots and lots of flavour going on. Acidity seems to be a little low key, a touch too much to keep the wine perky, but there’s interest here and it drinks a treat when tightened with a significant chill. Interesting/good. Points: 93/100
An interesting mix of savoury/nutty yeasty lees/oyster shell, spicy oak, lanolin and a suggestion of green apple flavours. Complex, appealing chardonnay with nicely integrated flavours and an impressively lengthy finish. Points: 96/100
