2025 Express Winemakers Chardonnay 12 Pack

94 POINTS

Mike Bennie - The Wine Front

Something in the waters of Express Winemakers. Winemaker Ryan knows his stuff, farms stuff, one man band kinda deal, and this new suite of releases feel more refined, more certain. The party wines of the past, as joyous as they have been, and good for it, seem to have receded in this release for Very Proper Stuff. All for it. A kind of Jura meets au naturale Burgundy winemaker thing happening in this wine. Not the label here but close enough. A nutty, sea spray thing in this wine. Yum. It’s juicy and hazy, powdery and dashed with toffee apple and crystallised ginger. Scents and flavours are dialled up for sure, but it holds all that with an underlying refreshment factor too. Energetic and yet stacks of texture and flavour. It’s bold, true chardonnay,  but very much happy in its own lane. This is delicious and moreish.