MMAD Chenin Blanc 2025

Quince, pear and peach flavours with lovely saline gloss and waxiness. There is a more pronounced varietal character this year with the texture to balance. The acid profile is beguiling, appearing soft and gentle yet with an incredibly strong line and persistence. The 25’ is a beautiful iteration, maybe the best, with complex flavours stretching across the palate. Drink now or put in the cellar as this will age gracefully.  Mitch Milicich, FWC 

The evolution of this wine never ceases to interest and amaze me, there is incremental texture and chiselled edges to the wine wrapped in this slinky, saline and mineral driven package. Pomelo, buddhas hand, citrus and yellow plum. Pumice stone and white pepper.  Some fennel seeds too. There is a coating to this wine, not quite oily but slick in nature, it sticks to the sides of your palate before rumbling down like a steam train of power with innate acidity and drive. Another exceptional release and a benchmark of what Chenin Banc can do in this country. This is a wine that accompanies so many morsels, from fish with fins to straticella or fried Balmain bug tails. 97 pts, Shanteh Wale, Wine Pilot 

Old vine Chenin charm on show, bringing the kind of effortless confidence that sets this grape variety apart. Little wonder Chenin is taking off with consumers. Mid yellow. Archetypal varietal aromas of apple, pear, peach meet a thread of grass, herbs, almond biscotti, hints of marzipan and stunning floral honeysuckle, citrus blossom. So smooth and warmly textural with a taste that is both generous but remains focused on a core of bright apple, pear and white peach slowly expanding, roaming wider into lemon curd, citrus peel, hints of green almond and honeyed notes. Great length and presence. 96 pts, Jeni Port, Halliday Wine Companion