Bannockburn - Winery Block Chardonnay - 2024

The Winery Block has been the bedrock of Bannockburn Chardonnay over the years. It was planted in 1981, and is the largest planting of chardonnay on the estate. This is stellar. It’s a wine of both power and length and with a bit of extra character as well. Apples, peaches, slips of pear skin and nuts, perhaps some stonefruit pips as well, or certainly something that seems both fruity and woody at once. It’s not reticent or restrained but nor is it exaggerated; it’s alive with flavour, fit and firing you could say, ripped with muscle and energy. Touch and go for 96. In any case it’s superb. 95 Points Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front