95 points - "In a way, this is a bit of a sleeper. Slow to unfurl even if it immediately tastes delicious with its pink grapefruit, citrus rind and fresh ginger tang. Mouth-watering sulphides make an impression as the invigorating acidity surfaces, curling across the palate. Savoury, spicy, a little creamy yet flinty and fine, too. It’s tightly wound; let it breathe to reveal its detail or give it another year or so in the cellar. Either way, this is very good." - Jane Faulkner (Halliday Wine Companion)

95 points - "Bright light-mid yellow with a strong smoky sulfide bouquet; struck flinty almost to the point of electrical fire. This aired off with time in the glass revealing more grapefruit. The wine is intense, compact and bracing with lively acidity and fresh, crisp, cool-grown grapefruit flavours, the finish long and tensioned. A very impressive young chardonnay which is doing the full Coche-Dury act and has the intensity and acidity to make it work." - Huon Hooke (The Real Review)

93 points - "Whole bunch pressed and wild fermented with some stylish winemaking in play, this is a Chardonnay dressed in layers of complexity. Fruit is the overlying layer in peach skin, Meyer lemon, grapefruit, quince tart, nectarine. Winemaking and time in oak offers a distinctive cashew nuttiness and buttery overtones. Together, they combine for good depth of flavour and texture. The lovely quince brightness to the palate – with just a little dash of tartness – really strikes a chord. Elegant and fresh." - Jeni Port (Wine Pilot)

93 points - "Precise and minerally aromas of lemon peel, lime zest, apples and flint. The palate is tightly wound, with a medium-bodied mouthfeel and laser-like acidity, giving notes of grapefruit, mandarin rind and river stones. Very pure and refined, with high energy. Drink or hold. Screw cap." - JamesSuckling.com

92 points - "The 2023 Chardonnay is salty and gently reductive initially, with chewy phenolics and salty sulfides that make this wine a mouthful—in a great way. There are notes of curry leaf and salted nuts. Lovely juicy acidity courses through the fruit, while the wine sits nicely on the middle palate. It is very good and comes from from an excellent white season in Margaret River: cool, mild and dry. This is brilliant value for money at $42 AUD. 12.9% alcohol, sealed under screw cap." - Erin Larkin (The Wine Advocate)

90 points - "Nectarine and grapefruit, a smoky struck match edge, light aniseed perfume, salted almond. It’s quite tangy, with a parmesan and green bean thing happening, which I can’t say I’m a huge fan of in Chardonnay, though aside that, the texture is flinty and chalky textured, and it finishes with solid length. The structure of it is a yes, though the flavours here kind of obfuscate the usual Margaret River Chardonnay, erm, yuminess, and turn it somewhat sour-edged. Anyway, I get that other people will dig this. One of those things." - Gary Walsh (The Wine Front)

Stella Bella Chardonnay is hand-picked, whole bunch pressed and wild fermented. Peach fuzz, gun flint and almond meal are balanced with Gin Gin intensity and an elegant mineral palate. A true Southern Margaret River style.

Tasting Note
Appearance
Pale straw with green hues.

Aroma
White nectarine, peach and pink grapefruit lift out of the glass, perfectly complimented with a
smokey gun flint edge and savoury almond meal notes.

Palate
The palate is bursting with juicy yellow nectarine, pink grapefruit and Tahitian lime and a touch of praline, that delivers precision and tension from the tip of your tongue to the back of your palate. The mouth watering mineral acidity, created by the summer sea breezes blowing through our vineyards, captures an element of saltiness and a spring water liveliness, which leaves you wondering where the bottle went.

Blend
100% Chardonnay.

Food
Pork, it’s always pork.

Cellar
10+ Years