2023 Deep Woods Estate Reserve Chardonnay

Lively and well fleshed with a long, focused finish that’s brimming with energy.

Brilliant very pale straw colour with green highlighted edges and a watery hue. Intense nectarine, pear and grapefruit aromas infused with gun flint fill the nostrils. Subtle dried honey, roasted almond and spicy citrus notes are also evident. Fleshy pear, nectarine and grapefruit flavours are underscored by lively acidity. Citrus, biscuity oak, almond and infusions of gun flint lend further interest. Brisk in it’s feel, it has a long focused finish that’s brimming with energy.
Drink over the next 6-8 years
Alc. 13%

Other Reviews....
Let’s cut to the chase. The finest Deep Woods chardonnay yet. It has it all. Great fruit has been harnessed with whole bunch pressing and fermentation in new and seasoned French oak. Further lees stirring has built in texture, contributing to a thoroughly beautiful, refined mouth feel. Opens with stone fruit and savoury light lemon curd aromas. Peels off into a palate that reveals more of a struck match and cracked seashell minerality complementing the outstanding fruit concentration. Super wine.
98 Points
RayJordanWine.com.au

I recently tasted these 2023 Chardonnay wines from Deep Woods off the grid—that is to say that no tasting notes were taken, but the impressions were powerful. The 2023 season was one of the most magnificent vintages in Western Australia for its long, mild and dry outlay of growing days. There was some rain at the very end of the harvest period, which did impact some later-ripening reds, but given the year and how it all played out, this was managed well by most. The 2023 Reserve Chardonnay is a true reflection of the year that birthed it; it is elegant, long, coiled and fine, with a palate of concentrated fruit. Most importantly to us, the drinkers, the wine has presence and impact. The acidity is saturating, glassy and crystalline, the fruit is ripe, powerful and restrained, and the phenolic structure that holds it together does so in a pliable, ductile fashion. This is an excellent wine and a wine that I want to drink. 13% alcohol, sealed under screw cap. Drink 2024-2033.
96 Points
Erin Larkin – Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate

The nose is very flashy and mineral-driven with citrus notes of lime zest, gunsmoke and grapefruit rind. The medium-bodied palate has high-tension acidity with an underlying power, showing notes of lemon peel, shortbread and sea salt. A very classy, tightly wound chardonnay that will unravel for years to come. Exceptional. Drink or hold. Screw cap.
97 Points
JamesSuckling.com