2025 L.A.S. Vino CBDB
'Each year, Peterkin produces one of the most interesting takes on chenin blanc....The result is a wine that retains the beautiful aromatics of chenin with a slightly citrusy melon and apple tropical character, but then builds in a texture which combines richness and steeliness, delivering the wine with great poise and flair. This is a really interesting take on chenin blanc.'
96 Points - Ray Jordan
2024 L.A.S. Vino CBDB
Another cracking CBDB from Nic Peterkin. It’s totally delicious and it’s impossible to stop drinking this. But, in the name of research, let me tell you how this is: it’s a summer’s day, by the ocean, perhaps Margaret River, a whiff of orange blossom and thyme with sea spray. There’s more: lemon verbena, and Odie’s wood oil, while the palate is salty, tangy, juicy and mouthwatering with a slip of texture, fine acidity all the way through. It is superbly balanced and so, so good.
96 Points - Jane Faulkner - Halliday's Wine Companion
2024 L.A.S. Vino CBDB
'This wine has sailed through the travails of the 2024 vintage without a care. Intensity, texture and length are all on song here. White pepper, brine, apple, anise and blackcurrant bud characters mingle with tonic, woodsmoke, bacon and citrus. There's a generosity to the palate and a bit of razzle-dazzle to the finish. We're in excellent territory again here.'
94+ Points -Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front
2024 L.A.S. Vino CBDB
Bursts onto the scene with layers of flowers, pears, apple, sourdough and cheese find. The wine was fermented and matured in a combination of oak barrels and clay amphora and has a distinctly concentrated core of fruit on the middle palate'
94 Points - Erin Larkin - Robert Parker wine Advocate
2023 L.A.S. Vino CBDB
'This wine has been good since its inception but this, for me, is the best release yet. It's as controlled and as styled as always but it just has that extra kick to its flavour, particularly on the finish. Seaspray, lime, nashi pear, crisp apples and chalk flavours, with a twiggy-woody-smoky-salty character woven through. This is Chenin Blanc in top gear. It dives deep and it drives long.'
95 Points - Campbell Mattinson (The Wine Front)
2023 L.A.S. Vino CBDB
"The 2023 CBDB Chenin Blanc Dynamic Blend leads with pineapple heart, lantana and chamomile tea. It smells rich, tropical and wide, and the palate confirms this impression. I initially mistook this wine for the 2022 vintage, but it was the juicy acidity and precision in the mouth that made me re-check the bottle—so glad that I did. The 2023 season in Margaret River—and indeed, the rest of Western Australia—has seemed to extract the very best from producers. Cool/mild, long and dry, it presented ideally balanced and long growing conditions. In fact, the maturation vessels are making a pronounced stamp on the wine at this stage, which I hope and believe will fade into the fruit over time. It has lovely, moreish acidity and a gently clothy texture to close.."
94 Points -Erin Larkin , Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
2023 L.A.S. Vino CBDB
"Another cracking CBDB . It’s totally delicious and it’s impossible to stop drinking this. But, in the name of research, let me tell you how this is: it’s a summer’s day, by the ocean, perhaps Margaret River, a whiff of orange blossom and thyme with sea spray. There’s more: lemon verbena, and Odie’s wood oil, while the palate is salty, tangy, juicy and mouthwatering with a slip of texture, fine acidity all the way through. It is superbly balanced and so, so good."
96 Points - Jane Faulkner -Halliday's Wine Companion-
2023 L.A.S. Vino CBDB
'The approach Peterkin takes lifts this chenin blanc into another zone of complexity and interest. Some of the fruit was handpicked and de-stemmed as part of wild fermentation in older French barriques and small amount in amphorae. The texture comes from the regular lees stirring. A heady floral minerally mix on the nose and a palate that displays muted fruit but great intensity with its richer cashew and creamy stone fruit influence. So much happening here.'
96 Points - Ray Jordan Wine
2022 L.A.S. Vino CBDB
"One of my go-to chenins because it delivers on so many levels, especially deliciousness. A slightly richer rendition this vintage with quince and all manner of stone fruits, luscious, refreshing and lively thanks to its acidity, but this is textbook texture. There’s also a saltiness, in a good way, like preserved lemons and sea spray with pear skin-like phenolics, plus some spicy ginger powder and even pepper. Mouth-watering all the way through."
95 Points
Jane Faulkner -Halliday's Wine Companion-
2021 L.A.S. Vino CBDB
"What abeautiful wine this is. So satiny, so satisfying and so sustained. Ittastes of pine, citrus, stone fruit and cedar wood, but what really hasit singing is the way it flows both juicily and yet so sensually. There'senough tension in this to keep it neat, sure, but it's characterised byits soft, seductive roll of open weave flavour. Gorgeous."
Campbell Mattinson - The Wine Front -
2020 L.A.S. Vino CBDB
"Taut, textural, tense and almost nervy, the classic waxiness of chenin emrges only on the mid palate and beyond. This speaks of Geralton wax flower, lanolin, brine, green apples, cheesecloth, a touch of lantana and a sprinkle of grapefruit zest. Long, modern and exciting , it whos chenin in a new light, quite different from the greats of Loire, but no less profound."
96/100 Erin Larkin - Halliday Wine Companion -
2020 L.A.S. Vino CBDB
"This outstanding wine is one of several in the West setting new standards for a grape which has been overlooked for too long in Australia. The colour is bright, light-yellow and it has an intensely fruity aroma of grapefruit, lemon and beeswax, including a subtle note of honey. The wine is intense and medium-bodied, elegant and finely-textured, with lovely balance and sense of completeness. It’s all about the fruit; oak is almost invisible, although there is barrel fermentation involved. A superb dry chenin." 95/100 Huon Hooke -The Real Review-
"Amazing length and drive making for a spectacular example of a local chenin blanc." 96/100, Stuart Knox -The Real Review-
2018 L.A.S. Vino CBDB
"Light straw-yellow colour, slightly cloudy in the glass - an unfiltered appearance. Lemon, herb and floral aromas, very attractive. The wine is bright and fresh, crisp and lively, with a dry finish and brisk acidity. A touch of nuttiness. Honey grew the longer it was in the glass. Struck-flint notes add to complexity. The palate has good weight and concentration.Very good flavour and length, the aftertaste intense and loaded with energy. A superb wine. This could be the best Australian chenin blanc I've ever tasted."
95/100 Huon Hooke The Real Review
