2025 Mystery Margaret River Chardonnay Deal No. 6238

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Sam Kim - Wine Orbit

This is complex and inviting on the nose, showing ripe peach, vanilla, oatmeal, fine oak, and lemon peel aromas with a hint of flinty note. The wonderfully weighted palate displays a creamy mouthfeel and richness, splendidly structured by bright acidity. It's superbly long and linear with layers of satisfying flavours.

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Ray Jordan

This is a high-class, polished chardonnay, impeccably presented from what turned out to be an excellent vintage. On the nose, a swirling mix of nectarine and lemon rind, with subtle nougat complexity. There’s even a faint hint of struck match. The palate is quite rich and textured, but retains a fine acid lift and line, with lovely minerality. An appealing chardonnay for drinking over the next five years.

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Ken Gargett - Winepilot

Most wine lovers are extremely familiar with the big names in Margaret River, but what is exciting is that there is plenty more where they came from. This is a winery which has proven, over recent vintages, that the excitement from this region is far from over. This wine spent nine months in a mix of French barriques and puncheons, with 25% of them new. While the glories of the great 2023 vintage have been trumpeted far and wide, it looks like we might have another cracker with 2025. The fruit used here comes from a range of sub-regions across Margaret River, including the famed Wilyabrup. Excellent value. Yellow gold in colour, this is a powerful style of Chardonnay with a dusty, almost sawdust nose, from the oak integration, sitting alongside notes of stone fruits, honeycomb, peaches, freshly baked lemon pie, grapefruits, lemongrass, ginger, minerals and a touch of gunflint. There is a gorgeous texture here and while the wine is of medium length at the moment, everything is in place for this to improve further. The intensity is maintained throughout and on the palate, we see notes of oatmeal emerging. Enjoy this over the next eight years.

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Jeni Port - Winepilot

Beautifully captures the allure of Margaret River Chardonnay: the luscious fruit drive and oyster-like salinity that brings with it a beachy Margs’ vibe. And then there are the savoury nutty overtones. But first to the aromas, lively and deep, in yellow peach, nectarine, citrus, creme brûlée with a flurry of almond meal. It’s a richer style of Chardonnay that comes with a distinctive savouriness in preserved lemon, almond skin, nuts and grippy citrus peel and pith. There’s plenty of flavour here, nicely concentrated, and it just goes and goes. A grippy, pithy tartness mixes with a lemony saline character working the tastebuds, while the nutty lees add extra depth. Oak features as a seasoning only allowing the fruit free rein.

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Ken Gargett - Winepilot

Early days for the 2025 vintage from Margaret River, but the signs are very promising (aren’t they always). Lemon/straw in colour, the nose is showing notes of stone fruit, honeycomb, grapefruit and nectarines with an appealing oak-induced nuttiness, reflected in some cinnamon and nutmeg touches. The wine has medium length, good balance, focus and juicy acidity. An attractive style which should drink well for five to six years and which certainly has room for further improvement.