Block 2 Chardonnay 2022 Felton Road

Professional reviews

Robert Parker (94)

The 2022 Block 2 Chardonnay was bottled, along with the Block 6 Chardonnay, in September 2023, as opposed to the 2022 Bannockburn Chardonnay which was bottled in May of 2023. The same winemaking (aside from a difference in the time spent in oak) across the cuvées serves to highlight the vineyard differences. This Block 2 is far more aromatically restrained and certainly hides the voluminous fruit behind a sheath of mineral phenolics. The wine is powerful but restrained and pure in its way. It's lovely, with a gentle brine note through the finish.

James Suckling (96)

Yellow apple, apricot and acacia followed by baking spices, marzipan and stony minerality with a touch of cheese rind. Medium-bodied with a good backbone of acidity which balances out the wine well. Beautiful harmony and drinkability. Mendoza clone (Wente) on own roots. From biodynamically grown grapes with Demeter certification.

Jancis Robinson (17)

Elegant, flavourful and savoury. Mouth-filling, with high lemon-fruit intensity but lots of purity and focus. The oak is very elegantly used. The flavours last with a wet-stone minerality, dried herbs and a touch of white mushrooms.

Jasper Morris (95)

Restrained aromatics; green pear, yellow-skinned apple. Mirabelle plum. Super subtle on first taste, very tight, and walks the edge of seeming a little too lean? But with time in the glass the palate opens out to reveal a core of ripe stone-fruit. There is good length so just needs a little more time to express itself fully.