Leeuwin Estate Prelude Chardonnay 2024

I appreciate the talk around the 2024 Margaret River vintage but I’m still seeing lots of good wines produced.

This is as good as you’d hope and better than you’d expect. It’s a very good wine. It has good fruit intensity, a rub of texture, sound-smoky length and strong all-around appeal. It tastes of grapefruit, lemongrass, peach and pear, with cedar and smoke as attractive whispers. All the way along the line, I like what I taste here. 93 pts, Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front