Felton Road new release wines October 2025

Bannockburn Chardonnay 2024:

Tasted over two days this wine is excellent, showcasing the purity of fruit, vineyard and winemaking style. A pristine and highly polished style with high energy and detail with white fleshed fruits and citrus at the core, a finesse from the use of barrel, tension and poise from lees and acidity. Flavours of green melon and white peach, apple and layers of earth spice, stone and blossoms. A fine raw cashew nut idea from the use of oak adds complexity. Taut, youthful and needing cellar time. Best drinking from 2027 through 2033. 94 Points, Excellent

MacMuir Pinot Noir 2024:

I have always liked and engaged with this style from the FR stable. Blair and the vineyard team have captured the fragrances of place with a stony clay soil baseline, layered with the savoury dried herb voice of the region and surrounding hillsides framing a core red berry flavours - a youthful expression - boysenberry and baked raspberry, some dark cherry skin ideas then barrel spices and smoke. Tasted over 3 days this wine remains young on each tasting, the tannins and acid line deliver a taut and focused mouthfeel, there’s polish, but also energy and power. Delicious, bright, youthful and requires cellar time to showcase its pinnacle moments of time and place. Best drinking from 2029 through 2038+. 95 Points