Moss Wood Wilyabrup Chardonnay 2024

Cellaring: The Moss Wood 2024 Chardonnay is immediately appealing for its fruit generosity and balance, making it a pleasure to drink young. However, it has the structure and concentration to reward patience. We recommend cellaring for at least 10 years to allow the development of complex bottle bouquet, with full maturity expected at 20 years of age.

Critics' Tasting Notes:

"The 2024 Chardonnay is so rich and opulent on the nose; it leads with toasty oak and exotic fruit, pineapple and peach, custard and vanilla. In the mouth, the wine is oak-dominated and ultra-rich in fruit character, although the alcohol does not indicate that this is derived from late picking, as it hovers at a modest 13.5% alcohol. The 2024 season was the hottest and driest on record, and while this was almost horrifying to watch from afar, it came as no surprise to vignerons, who recorded rainfall cessation in September 2023 and some challenging spring conditions as well. Those who were surprised were not paying attention. This wine feels a product of collision between the season and the house style, both of which tended toward warm, rich and ripe, although the heat of the season likely necessitated a slightly earlier pick. Sealed under screw cap."  Drink 2025-2030

89/100 points, Erin Larkin, WINE ADVOCATE, October 2025

"Generous, rounded aromas of lemon confit, honeysuckle, beeswax, lanolin, pastry, grapefruit and salted nuts. The palate is medium- to full-bodied, but don’t be turned off by the ripeness. There’s great tension and purity with a mineral drive underneath the textural, creamy and very giving finish. Typical of the vintage, balancing freshness and power, but in an old-school style. Drink or hold. Screw cap."

95/100 points, James Suckling, July 2025

"One of Margaret River’s benchmark chardonnays, and this release from a warm vintage is exceptional. It’s fine and delicately poised, yet with regional DNA driving it through to a powerful, sustained finish. Aromas of lemon meringue, brioche and light florals lead into a palate of chalky, savoury elements alongside vanillin and lemony notes. Fine, precise acidity lifts the flavours through to the long finish. An outstanding wine.”

97/100 points, Ray Jordan

"Well butter me both sides! I reckon this is a better wine than the 2023. Peach, mint slice, lime, lightly toasty cedar oak, cashew and a little spice. It’s bright and juicy, grilled lime and peach, pastry dough, a lively but settled tang to acidity, mint nougat and floral mouth-perfume, some flinty elements here too, lime and a drizzle of honey on a finish of excellent length. Yum."

95/100 points, Gary Walsh, THE WINE FRONT, December 2025

Food Match: Drink with creamy mushroom and roasted vegetable dishes such as pizza, ravioli and quiche