2013 ««««« Drink now to 2026.

Pale green gold. Intense white apricot, white peach, lanolin and flinty aromas. Creamy fruit-driven wine with ripe juicy peach, nectarine and grapefruit flavours, fine loose-knit chalky textures, attractive mid-palate viscosity, fine lacy textures and pronounced long acidity. Generous and supple with quartz-like finish.

Expressive with attractive fruit purity and leesy complexity. Lovely elegant silky entry with good definition and tension. (NB)

A chewy style with citrus zest, pear skin and spun sugar aromas, spicy smoky notes and firm-chalky textures. (JR)

2014 «««« Drink now to 2026.

Pale gold. Fresh mineral/slaty/flinty white apricot, stone fruit and nutty aromas with geosmin/herb garden notes. A succulent, creamy textured and tensioned wine with ripe peach and nectarine flavours, fresh lacy textures, creamy marzipan notes and long mineral crisp acidity.

Pear, nectarine and peach aromas with smoky reductive notes and pliant textures. (JR)

Open, generous and expressive with pomelo and white peach fruit with a lovely leesy texture. (FW)

2015 ««««« Drink now to 2028.

Pale-medium gold. Fresh tonic water, herb garden, lemon curd, grapefruit and white peach aromas with dried herb and grilled nut notes. Intense grapefruit, stone fruit, flint and tonic water flavours, bittersweet textures, attractive complexity and fresh, long piercing acidity. Expansive and forthright. Classical cool-climate chardonnay.

Pure grapefruit aromas and crisp green apple freshness. Lithe, not hard or tight with attractive concentration and clear linear direction. (NB)

A delicious chardonnay with a smooth layered mouthfeel of glistening fruit. (JH)

2016 ««««« Drink now to 2030.

Pale-medium gold. Flinty/slaty/mineral white peach and white apricot aromas with camomile notes. Generous and ripe with creamy pear, white peach and apricot flavours, fine loose-knit textures, yeasty complexity and fresh indelible acidity. Has more weight than previous vintages.

Impressive; the fruit and oak are almost perfectly paralleled. (JH)

Lifted peach, nectarine fruits with vanilla and clove notes. Richly flavoured with layers of oak and a very nice minerally finish. (FW)

2017 ««««« Drink now to 2028.

Pale green gold. Intense white peach and white apricot aromas with grilled nut and vanilla notes. Well-concentrated and creamy with lovely fresh white apricot and nectarine flavours, fine loose-knit lacy textures, vanilla/grilled nut oak notes and long, fresh integrated mineral acidity. Touch al dente firm at the finish.

Young and nervy with floral lemon pith aromas, chalky textures, impressive density, minerality and smoky notes. (JR)

Layered and detailed with preserved lemons and a quartz-like salinity making its presence felt. Taut but not as tight as some of the earlier wines. (NR)

2018 ««««« Drink now to 2032.

Pale green gold. Flinty/slaty white peach, pear drop and apricot aromas with herb garden notes. A generous wine with creamy peach, apricot, nectarine, grapefruit and nut flavours, fine plentiful chalky textures and tonic water/yeasty notes underpinned by savoury vanilla oak. Finishes lacy and long with al dente notes.

A little more flinty than other vintages. Richly layered, silky and supple with good balance and marked acidity. (NB)

Fleshy and expansive with citrus, stone fruits and fennel anise notes and chewy fine textures. (JR)

2019 ««««« Drink now to 2027.

Pale green gold. Beautiful pure lemon, camomile and white peach aromas with waxy roasted cashew/pistachio notes and underlying flinty complexity. Fresh, linear and multi-layered with white peach, grapefruit and lemon curd fruits, grilled nuts/oatmeal oak, mouth-watering citrus acidity. Finishes crisp with persistent pure fruits. Exquisitely balanced early drinking, cool-climate chardonnay with remarkable purity of fruit, suppleness and texture. Best to enjoy soon.

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