Description / Reviews
"The evolution of this wine never ceases to interest and amaze me, there is incremental texture and chiselled edges to the wine wrapped in this slinky, saline and mineral driven package. Pomelo, buddhas hand, citrus and yellow plum. Pumice stone and white pepper. Some fennel seeds too. There is a coating to this wine, not quite oily but slick in nature, it sticks to the sides of your palate before rumbling down like a steam train of power with innate acidity and drive. Another exceptional release and a benchmark of what Chenin Banc can do in this country. This is a wine that accompanies so many morsels, from fish with fins to straticella or fried Balmain bug tails." - 97 Points, Shanteh Wale, Wine Pilot
"The oldest vines for this Chenin were planted in 1964.
Quite some perfume here, almost into lilac, violet and mint, nutty, gently spicy, apple and citrus the main fruity things, though it’s not specifically fruity, which is a good thing in my book when it comes to Chenin as, to paraphrase, a little Chenin goes a long way with me. It’s calm and balanced, again a nutty and quiet saline character in a green olive sort of way, a fine chalky and dusty grip, closing with a cool finish of excellent length and a cinch of lemon peel. Well, MMAD, this is a very fine Chenin you’ve got me in to." - 95 Points, Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
"MMAD Vineyard Blewitt Springs Chenin Blanc has had a sensational start to its career. The 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 releases all scored 94/100 points or higher on The Wine Front and this 2025 release is a continuation of this standard.
There’s a gravitas to this release. It remains frisky and juicy and fruity, but it has a genuine flare to the finish, it’s bolstered by perfectly integrated woodsmoke and cedarwood characters, it has a saline edge, and the texture sits at a perfect just-satiny point. There’s a juiciness to this wine, as mentioned, but it feels dry through the back half, almost pebbly, with an itch of grip there too. It’s nuanced now but time will bring exaggeration in the most entertaining of ways." - 95 Points, Campbell Mattinson
