The 2023 Calgardup Brook Vineyard Chardonnay offers a spicy, complex nose of salted cashews, chamomile tea, white flowers, fresh pressed linen, crushed seashells and dried herbs. The palate reflects this offering, and the finish fans out into a wide display of phenolics and pronounced sulfides. I love the acidity and the purity of the fruit; however, the finish feels quite weighty and wide, out of step with the initial impression. It's a complex wine of dappled impact in the mouth, one that will very likely come together in time. One year from harvest truly is such an early interval at which to open these wines, I am astounded each year that producers release their wines so early. It is not that the wines are not ready to drink, it is that the wines are not even hinting at their future potential in their current, inchoate stage of development. Margaret River, which is predominated by the Gingin Chardonnay clone, makes wines so infinitely more complex and pleasurable when viewed three to five years after their grapes are picked, as opposed to on release. An opinion that is so frequently reaffirmed by my drinking practice. In short, patience... 13% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.