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Mate's Vineyard Chardonnay 2024

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6 75cl Bottle Case 6 £210 per Case Case [Add to shopping basket]
Tasting Notes

As one might expect, knowing the legend of this wine, it is indeed super-closed, tense and introverted. The mid-palate is chewier and denser, yet it also exhibits more floral ripeness. Add to these beguiling ingredients stunning definition and great potential, and you have a benchmark Maté’s vintage.

Score: 19

Matthew Jukes, MatthewJukes.com 26 September 2025

Deepest straw colour. A bit more restrained on the nose and then big and rich on the palate. Lots of chew on the palate, too! Still youthful and without the refinement of Hunting Hill. Big and bold on the finish. Exuberant and quite chewy after that great whack of fruit. Full screwcapped bottle 1,349 g. From the Brajkovichs' Maté’s vineyard of 2.49 ha planted in 1990 but Maté died in 1992. Hand-harvested, whole-bunch pressed before 100% spontaneous fermentation in French oak barrels with 100% malo (30% new French oak: Mercurey and Séguin Moreau). 11 months' ageing in barrel. Virused. Their only Mendoza clone (though they are planting some virus-free Mendoza – which is still hen and chicken! – in Hawke's Bay).

Score: 17

Jancis Robinson MW, JaneAnson.com Maturity: 2026 - 2036 11 September 2025

The 2024 Maté's Vineyard Chardonnay is mouthfilling and full, easily the biggest and most powerful of the single-vineyard Chardonnays in this 2024 release. "In terms of quality, 2024 is up there with the best of them: 2022, 2020, 2014…" This feels perhaps as statuesque and thrilling as the best of the Maté's so far, with intensity that explodes in every direction on the palate—length and width—with spicy top notes and a thunderous base of yellow fruit. The acidity, as usual, coils and weaves its way across the palate, lacing together the fruit and phenolics with seamless intensity. This is very good.

Score: 95 - 97

Erin Larkin, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2025 - 2039 05 June 2025

The complexity and subtlety are most impressive, with honeysuckle, white flower, ripe pear, flint and vanilla bean aromas. Medium-bodied with a tight and phenolic texture and a long, tight finish. Lots of layered mouthfeel and complexity. Fantastic finish. Drink or hold. Screw cap.

Score: 98

James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com 01 June 2025