Nectarines, lime leaf and curd, untoasted cashew, cinnamon and crème brûlée. Natural acidity introduces a palate laced with grapefruit, white pears, nectarine and gentle spices.
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Description
Tasting Notes: Light green with straw hints in colour. Aromas of white and yellow nectarines, lime leaf and curd, with hints of untoasted cashew, cinnamon and crème brûlée. Fine tendrils of natural acidity provide a brisk, succulent introduction to a palate laced with grapefruit, white pears and yellow nectarine. Gentle spices and wafts of saline introduce an elegance and poise to the intense stone-fruit-driven palate; finishing bracing, fresh and moreish.
WInemaking Notes: Our Chardonnay fruit was harvested in the early hours of the morning, loaded into the press cold, and gently separated from its skins. The very slightly cloudy juice was cold settled for a day and then racked. Fermentation took place in French oak barriques, 35% of which were new. The wine was then left to mature in barrel on its lees for 10 months, with bâttonage occurring every 2 weeks.
95 Points
Ray Jordan, West Australian Wine Review 2026
"This is a first-rate chardonnay from this excellent season, and it may well be the best yet from Passel Estate. On the nose, you open with what is fairly typical of the region, with its strong grapefruit, cut pear, and lime nuances, then a nutty, spicy character adding immediate aromatic complexity. It's a textured wine with good weight in the middle palate, great balance and poise, but there’s a brightness and minerally energy that sustains a very long finish. The palate is where this wine really hits its straps because there’s a fine touch of subtle French oak, which you can pick up initially on the nose, but then it delivers on the palate."
SILVER MEDAL (94 Points)
International Wine & Spirit Competition 2025
91 Points
The Vintage Journal, Margaret River Guide 2026
"Here, peaches and cream meet lemon drop. Hints of tea tree and cold peach tea. Acidity is steep with some grapefruit oil lingering. A wine that is showing some subtle spice and honeysuckle on the finish. Drink now with some Balmain bug meat tossed through linguine."
91 Points
Stuart Knox, The Real Review
"Pale lemon, ripe nectarine and bacon fat aromas. Nectarine and lemon balm on entry, lime leaf and roast hazelnut adding savoury detail. Long and lifted by fine acidity, finishing fresh."
Wine Details
RegionMargaret River, Western Australia
Vintage2023
TypeWhite Wine
VarietyChardonnay
Volume750ml
Description
Tasting Notes: Light green with straw hints in colour. Aromas of white and yellow nectarines, lime leaf and curd, with hints of untoasted cashew, cinnamon and crème brûlée. Fine tendrils of natural acidity provide a brisk, succulent introduction to a palate laced with grapefruit, white pears and yellow nectarine. Gentle spices and wafts of saline introduce an elegance and poise to the intense stone-fruit-driven palate; finishing bracing, fresh and moreish.
WInemaking Notes: Our Chardonnay fruit was harvested in the early hours of the morning, loaded into the press cold, and gently separated from its skins. The very slightly cloudy juice was cold settled for a day and then racked. Fermentation took place in French oak barriques, 35% of which were new. The wine was then left to mature in barrel on its lees for 10 months, with bâttonage occurring every 2 weeks.
95 Points
Ray Jordan, West Australian Wine Review 2026
"This is a first-rate chardonnay from this excellent season, and it may well be the best yet from Passel Estate. On the nose, you open with what is fairly typical of the region, with its strong grapefruit, cut pear, and lime nuances, then a nutty, spicy character adding immediate aromatic complexity. It's a textured wine with good weight in the middle palate, great balance and poise, but there’s a brightness and minerally energy that sustains a very long finish. The palate is where this wine really hits its straps because there’s a fine touch of subtle French oak, which you can pick up initially on the nose, but then it delivers on the palate."
SILVER MEDAL (94 Points)
International Wine & Spirit Competition 2025
91 Points
The Vintage Journal, Margaret River Guide 2026
"Here, peaches and cream meet lemon drop. Hints of tea tree and cold peach tea. Acidity is steep with some grapefruit oil lingering. A wine that is showing some subtle spice and honeysuckle on the finish. Drink now with some Balmain bug meat tossed through linguine."
91 Points
Stuart Knox, The Real Review
"Pale lemon, ripe nectarine and bacon fat aromas. Nectarine and lemon balm on entry, lime leaf and roast hazelnut adding savoury detail. Long and lifted by fine acidity, finishing fresh."
Wine Details
RegionMargaret River, Western Australia
Vintage2023
TypeWhite Wine
VarietyChardonnay
Volume750ml
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