2023 Pierro Chardonnay
White wine of the year & Best Chardonnay in the 2025 WA Wine Review
98 Points, Ray Jordan
This will sit alongside anything Peterkin has made in more than four decades as one of the finest winemakers in the region. It is a cracking good wine delivered with precision and power with a degree of delicacy and finesse that makes it so appealing. Incredible intensity on the nose with aromas of white peach and grapefruit with a little muted butterscotch in the background. The palate is powerful and drives with urgency through to a remarkably long finish. The oak is neatly interlaced, and the fresh acidity adds another dimension with its savoury chalky character.
Pierro
2023 Pierro Chardonnay is a wine of great finesse yet impressive power, tight structure yet generosity of flavour. Ripe melony, peachy characters yet noticeable restraint and subtlety. An unctuous mouth-feel yet with taut, fine acidity on the finish. It will start to be at its best about June 2024 and will continue to mature gracefully for another 10 years.
2023 Vintage Report
A cold winter and spring followed by a mild dry summer resulting in a gentle, consistent ripening across all varieties. Vintage for this wine commenced on the 14th of February and completed on the 23rd of March after 9 seperate picks. Ray Jordan has noted 'In the case of the '23s from WA, I don't think I have seen wines of so much vibrance, life and energy, with such expressive fruit' All of the fruit for the Pierro chardonnay is hand picked, chilled to five degrees and then bunch sorted by hand prior to whole bunch pressing using a sparkling press cycle. Fermented and matured in French oak barriques for 12 months (44% new) with fortnightly battonage. (Pierro)
White wine of the year & Best Chardonnay in the 2025 WA Wine Review
98 Points, Ray Jordan
This will sit alongside anything Peterkin has made in more than four decades as one of the finest winemakers in the region. It is a cracking good wine delivered with precision and power with a degree of delicacy and finesse that makes it so appealing. Incredible intensity on the nose with aromas of white peach and grapefruit with a little muted butterscotch in the background. The palate is powerful and drives with urgency through to a remarkably long finish. The oak is neatly interlaced, and the fresh acidity adds another dimension with its savoury chalky character.
Pierro
2023 Pierro Chardonnay is a wine of great finesse yet impressive power, tight structure yet generosity of flavour. Ripe melony, peachy characters yet noticeable restraint and subtlety. An unctuous mouth-feel yet with taut, fine acidity on the finish. It will start to be at its best about June 2024 and will continue to mature gracefully for another 10 years.
2023 Vintage Report
A cold winter and spring followed by a mild dry summer resulting in a gentle, consistent ripening across all varieties. Vintage for this wine commenced on the 14th of February and completed on the 23rd of March after 9 seperate picks. Ray Jordan has noted 'In the case of the '23s from WA, I don't think I have seen wines of so much vibrance, life and energy, with such expressive fruit' All of the fruit for the Pierro chardonnay is hand picked, chilled to five degrees and then bunch sorted by hand prior to whole bunch pressing using a sparkling press cycle. Fermented and matured in French oak barriques for 12 months (44% new) with fortnightly battonage. (Pierro)
White wine of the year & Best Chardonnay in the 2025 WA Wine Review
98 Points, Ray Jordan
This will sit alongside anything Peterkin has made in more than four decades as one of the finest winemakers in the region. It is a cracking good wine delivered with precision and power with a degree of delicacy and finesse that makes it so appealing. Incredible intensity on the nose with aromas of white peach and grapefruit with a little muted butterscotch in the background. The palate is powerful and drives with urgency through to a remarkably long finish. The oak is neatly interlaced, and the fresh acidity adds another dimension with its savoury chalky character.
Pierro
2023 Pierro Chardonnay is a wine of great finesse yet impressive power, tight structure yet generosity of flavour. Ripe melony, peachy characters yet noticeable restraint and subtlety. An unctuous mouth-feel yet with taut, fine acidity on the finish. It will start to be at its best about June 2024 and will continue to mature gracefully for another 10 years.
2023 Vintage Report
A cold winter and spring followed by a mild dry summer resulting in a gentle, consistent ripening across all varieties. Vintage for this wine commenced on the 14th of February and completed on the 23rd of March after 9 seperate picks. Ray Jordan has noted 'In the case of the '23s from WA, I don't think I have seen wines of so much vibrance, life and energy, with such expressive fruit' All of the fruit for the Pierro chardonnay is hand picked, chilled to five degrees and then bunch sorted by hand prior to whole bunch pressing using a sparkling press cycle. Fermented and matured in French oak barriques for 12 months (44% new) with fortnightly battonage. (Pierro)
Top White - Ray Jordan
98 points
Cellar 12 years
White
Margaret River
Chardonnay
