Lenton Brae Wilyabrup Chardonnay 2025
- 96
- $75
- Drink by: 2026-2038
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Another terrific Chardonnay from Lenton Brae, assembled from the best barrels of both new and seasoned oak. Texture and complexity have been built through regular lees stirring, while freshness and vibrancy have been preserved by avoiding malolactic fermentation. It contains a lower proportion of gin gin clone than the Southside Chardonnay, resulting in a greater contribution from Burgundian clones. The result is a wine of elegance and style, with a fine, precise and focused palate showing minerality, subtle stone fruit richness and notes of brioche and lemon curd. A lovely final flick of acidity completes the package. Excellent wine.
Ray Jordan has been writing about wine for more than 40 years. His first articles were published in the early issues of national wine magazine Winestate in the late 1970s when he worked in Sydney as a newspaper correspondent. From 1989 Ray wrote more than 3000 columns as a regular newspaper wine columnist. He currently writes a regular column for the special business publication Business News and is one of the main contributors to national wine platform Wine Pilot. In 2017 Ray co-authored The Way it Was – A History of The Early Days of the Margaret River Wine Industry and previously wrote Wine in the Blood: Australia’s Family Wine Estates, published in Mandarin and English. In 2011 Ray was awarded WA Wine Press Club Jack Mann Memorial Medal for his contribution to the WA wine industry. His love of wine is as strong as his love of the blues and tasting the thousands of wines that cross his bench each year allows him to indulge in both.
