97 points - "Following the heights of the 2022 vintage the 2023 is leading the charge once again for a modern linear style of Chenin Blanc. This 2023 throwing out lifted perfume of Calla lily, fresh linen and yellow grapefruit pith. There is hulled almonds and raw cashew cream, kefir acidity and a coconut water freshness. Wet stone, crystal melon and white rind cheese. It has an exfoliating, almost gritty sensation that adds further dimension and texture. A long extended flavour palate hits the nail on the head for the moreish, drinkable quality its gaining a reputation for. Drink now with steamed clams and ginger sauce." - Shanteh Wale (Wine Pilot)

95 points - "The road to success with chenin blanc is not always clear. Take your eye off it and you can find yourself in drab backwaters, but unwavering focus delivers you to exciting destinations like this. From vines pushing roots into Blewitt Springs sand for 60 years, it’s for those who like to chew on a wine’s texture. There’s pithy lemon scents, racy acid too, but the mid-palate complexity, a sense of finely woven linen, really is the key." - Nick Ryan (The Weekend Australian)

94 points - "Intensity of flavour is one of this wine’s key attributes but texture and length are the thing. Pear, apple, mace and hay characters get a good chatter of flavour going, (white) pepper notes sprayed over the finish. There’s a chalky, earthy, smoky aspect to the aftertaste and a general feeling of completeness. It’s a savoury white, turned out beautifully. Drink 2024 - 2030." - Campbell Mattinson (The Wine Front)

94 points - "The 2023 Chenin Blanc is a tidy, textural wine, with gently loose-knit tannins through the middle palate and through the finish. This is all green apple and white flower, crushed quartz and warm, white beach sand. This is stylistically classical Chenin Blanc and quite beautiful for it. A lovely wine that puts forward a convincing case for choosing Chenin Blanc as your next textural dry white choice." - Erin Larkin (The Wine Advocate)

93 points - "Light yellow colour with aromas of cashewnut, smoky barrel ferment, creamy yeast lees, fresh pastry, not especially chenin-like but attractive. In the mouth it's full bodied and rounded, with soft texture into a dry finish, with weight and presence. It's good now but would surely develop more character with a litte more time in bottle. There is richness and depth of flavour: I'd love to see it again in a couple of years." - Huon Hooke (The Real Review)

A late and cool growing season gave us smaller, more flavourful bunches and lifted aromatics. There is a richness and density of fruit on the mid-palate that reflects another year of our farming the vineyard, and lower yields. We are starting to uncover the full potential of these old vines. A mix of crushed and whole bunch pressed fruit was fermented in both concrete and large format old oak bring texture to the wine. The textured palate is balanced with a mineral, saline edge and long, pithy finish.

The 2023 Chenin Blanc has the concentration and structure to develop fine tertiary characters in the bottle over the next 15 years.