2023 Lethbridge Estate Chardonnay Biodynamic, Geelong

Lifted and fragrant aromas of honeysuckle, canteloupe, stone fruit, nougat, sweet spice and yoghurt. Mouth-filling, creamy and with layers of complexity. There's a drive of white peach and nectarine, along with grapefruit, nutty oak, spice and punchy acidity. There's lovely weight and presence here. Drink to 2032.

93 points Aaron Brasher for The Real Review, March 2025

We’ve got a chardonnay on our hands here. A full-bodied, flavoursome chardonnay. It tastes of pears, grilled peaches, cooked apples, honey and cream, though for all that its faculties are still intact, so to speak, its fruit still lively. This is a chardonnay that is both chunky and soft at once. It lingers nicely too. It’s a giver, not a leaner, and a provider, of pleasure.

93 points Campbell Mattinson for The Wine Front

From a vineyard that's been leased since 2004 and overlooks Queenscliff; 50% new oak, 100% mlf. Richer and riper than the '22. Aromas of white peach, gentle vanillin and a hint of sea spray precede the mouth-filling, nutty and persistent palate. Good to go now and over the next three to four years. Drink to 2030.

92 points Philip Rich for The Wine Companion, June 2025

Yield 15 hl/ha. Aged 11 months in oak (approximately 40–60% new, depending on vintage). Butter, cream, spice, baked apple and floral, saline and toasty. Compared by owner/winemaker Ray Nadeson to Chablis in its saline/cream combination. It would be premier cru, at least, in that case – there is such awesome depth of flavour and complexity. Persistent and opulent to finish.

17.5 points Richard Hemming for Jancis Robinson

Ray Nadeson and Maree Collis established Lethbridge in 1996 in the Moorabool Valley, northwest of Geelong, on a site with viticultural roots stretching back to 1874. Biodynamic farming and minimal intervention in the winery have been central to the Lethbridge philosophy from the outset — the belief that the best wines express the unique character of the places they come from.