Recognition

Tag: 2025 Piccadilly Valley Chardonnay

“Lipsmacking dry, crisp, refreshing finish” 91 Points | Huon Hooke | The Real Review

Author: Huon Hooke
Source: The Real Review
Date: Mar 2026

Light-mid yellow; oatmeal and smoky oak aromas, the wine is tensioned and focused with precise lemon and chalky mineral flavours that extend tight, lean and long on the palate. Lipsmacking dry, crisp, refreshing finish. 91 Points

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“There’s a lot of richness and warmth to this wine” 91 Points | Mike Bennie | Halliday Wine Companion

Author: Mike Bennie
Source: Halliday Wine Companion
Date: Mar 2026

There’s a lot of richness and warmth to this wine. The designated, labelled 14.5% may be a furphy, but there’s distinct breathiness, soupy texture, ripe fruit character and a kind of booze-soaked fruit and nut note that feels pervasive. Sure, …

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“A wine that displays slightly more richness and generosity than previous vintages” 95 Points | Ray Jordan | Wine Pilot

Author: Ray Jordan
Source: Wine Pilot
Date: Feb 2026

After a succession of quite cool vintages in the Piccadilly Valley, the 2025 vintage turned everything around, being the warmest, the driest and the earliest vintage on record. The result is a wine that displays slightly more richness and generosity …

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“A thrilling opening with Portuguese tart, custard powder and popcorn captured my attention” 94 Points | Steve Leszczynski | Q Wine Reviews

Author: Steve Leszczynski
Source: Q Wine Reviews
Date: Feb 2026

Considered, ripe and generous, this Piccadilly Chardonnay comes from the warmest, driest and earliest vintage on record at the winery. From 40-year-old vines, the fruit was whole bunch pressed to French oak (33% new) seeing five months in oak on …

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“A wine of power and presence” 93 Points | Regan Drew | Vino Notebook

Author: Regan Drew
Source: Vino Notebook
Date: Feb 2026

Medium-light straw hue. Straw bale, grapefruit flesh, smoked chicken meatiness, tonic, peanut oil, lemon barley before richer and riper stone fruit, quince, white choc/coconut ball, balsa wood, dried fig and café latte creaminess. A wine of power and presence. Texturally …

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“Rich and ripe, there is some serious length here with a fine line of acidity” 94 Points | Ken Gargett | Wine Pilot

Author: Ken Gargett
Source: Wine Pilot
Date: Jan 2026

The 2025 vintage in the Adelaide Hills is the warmest, driest and earliest vintage on record, certainly providing a change and a challenge for the winemakers. That said, early indications are that it will provide excellent wines, although in its …

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“There’s no mistaking the variety; this is Chardonnay to its core” 92 Points | Campbell Mattison | The Wine Front

Author: Campbell Mattison
Source: The Wine Front
Date: Jan 2026

There’s flavour in the acidity and pear, grapefruit, lemonade and white peach flavours are delivered generously throughout. There’s no mistaking the variety; this is chardonnay to its core. There’s a minerally edge to the back half of the wine and …

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“Smart winemaking has resulted in brightness and texture” Winsor Dobbin | Winsor’s Choice

Author: Winsor Dobbin
Source: WD Wine of the Week
Date: Jan 2026

Made by veteran wine industry guru Brian Croser from fruit grown in a 40+-years-old vineyard in the Adelaide Hills, this is a chardonnay that neatly straddles power and precision. From a warm, dry year, the grapes were picked earlier than …

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