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This week we celebrated Drink Chenin Blanc Day.  The founding dream of Marri Wood Park was to make a bone dry, barrel fermented, age worthy Chenin. A bit of a foolish notion, given the unpopularity of the variety in Australia at the time. But fast forward 30 years, and who’s laughing now?

Marri Wood Park’s 2022 Chenin Blanc is another notch on the belt of the unassuming biodynamic winery; a pure and evoking illustration of the vintage, the site and the variety.

Three years after our first dive into Chenin Blanc, it’s time to cast our eyes across the Australian Chenin landscape.

This week marks the conclusion of the quickest grape harvest the region has witnessed in recent memory.

The 2023 vintage has been characterised by splendidly mild weather and exquisite fruit concentration.

See how this magnificent varietal matures as you taste 3 back vintages which brings you to our current release, 2022.

Sauvignon blanc is evolving - or, more accurately, a handful of creative wine producers are reinventing and refining the style.  But what does it mean to you, the drinker? 

Chenin is the new twinkling white on the block.  In Margaret River, there have been two prevailing influences on the Chenin renaissance.