Pierro Chardonnay

Mike Peterkin's small production of handmade, voluptuously proportioned, statuesque chardonnay makes at least as much impact as many top reds. It's the nearest rival to Leeuwin Estate and proves once and for all that you can make a massively structured chardonnay without overdoing a thing.Jeremy Oliver

Pierro Vineyard lies in the central Willyabrup sub region of Margaret River. The fully mature ‘Gin Gin’ clone Chardonnay vines are closely spaced which increases relative humidity. The vineyard is very stony; at night the heat radiates back into the clusters of Chardonnay effectively burning off excessive levels of malic acid. Low levels of malic acid in the Chardonnay fruit means that the complex aromas and flavours derive from malo-lactic fermentation do not smother fruit definition. The wine is vinified in Burgundian fashion with barrel fermentation in new French oak, lees stirring (battonage) and lees contact. Doctor Mike Peterkin is able to combine a fastidious attention to detail with a relaxed approach. Pierro Chardonnay possesses incredible intensity, generosity, complexity and concentration. Andrew Caillard MW

Dr Michael Peterkin is another of the legion of Margaret River medical practitioners who, for good measure, married into the Cullen family. Pierro is renowned for its stylish white wines, which often exhibit tremendous complexity. The Chardonnay can be monumental in its weight and complexity. James Halliday

  • [SOLD-OUT] Pierro Chardonnay 2020

    [SOLD-OUT] Pierro Chardonnay 2020

    Region: WA- Margaret River
    Farming Organic Sustainably-made

    98 POINTS RAY JORDAN! "THIS ONE MIGHT JUST BE THE BEST YET."

      "There was plenty of chatter last year about the 2020 vintage. Volumes, especially for chardonnay were well down, but the quality, oh my, the quality. Simply stunning, was the general consensus. It didn't take long before I had joined the growing...

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    $95.00
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  • [SOLD-OUT] Pierro Chardonnay 2017

    [SOLD-OUT] Pierro Chardonnay 2017

    Region: WA- Margaret River
    Farming Organic Sustainably-made

    Gourmet Traveller 97 Points!   "An outstanding chardonnay. With a bright light-yellow colour, it has a creamy lees and lemon/grapefruit aroma and a background of smoked chacuterie. Restrained and tense, delicate yet powerful, it has tremendous...

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    $92.00
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  • [SOLD-OUT] Pierro Chardonnay 2016

    [SOLD-OUT] Pierro Chardonnay 2016

    Region: WA- Margaret River
    Farming Organic Sustainably-made

    Wine Front 95+ points!“You could probably mount a case for Pierro making the best Chardonnay in Margaret River over the past few years, or at least one of the best.  It’s pretty young. It’s best days are before it. In-between days, we do our best to...

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    $82.00
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  • [SOLD-OUT] Pierro Chardonnay 2015

    [SOLD-OUT] Pierro Chardonnay 2015

    Region: WA- Margaret River
    Farming Organic Sustainably-made

    Wine Front 96+ points!“Gee, the Chardonnay from Pierro keeps getting better and better. All the power you’d expect from first class Margaret River Chardonnay, but with so much less baggage. Pear, lime and spicy cedar wood, struck match, white flowers...

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    $82.00
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  • Pierro Chardonnay 2011

    [SOLD-OUT] Pierro Chardonnay 2011

    Region: WA- Margaret River

    "It's a metered style, happy in its own weight division and not looking to take on the bantam weights that move with frenetic speed. Just so. Judicious and fancy oak chimes from the glass " it's slightly savoury, nougat-coated and lets white flesh stone...

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    $77.50
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  • Pierro Chardonnay 2009

    [SOLD-OUT] Pierro Chardonnay 2009

    Region: WA- Margaret River

    The run of very good to excellent vintage for chardonnay in Margaret River almost defies belief: the years from 2004 to 2010 have certainly produced outstanding chardonnays for Pierro. While each vintages produces a unique wine, the quality has been...

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    $75.00
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  • Pierro Chardonnay 2006

    [SOLD-OUT] Pierro Chardonnay 2006

    Region: WA- Margaret River

    "Opulent, unctuous and complex chardonnay with all the bells and whistles, but also with elegance and finesse. Concentrated aromas of honeydew melon, grapefruit and nougat are backed by smoky, meaty undertones. Long, smooth and creamy, its intense and...

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    $74.00
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  • Pierro Chardonnay 2005

    [SOLD-OUT] Pierro Chardonnay 2005

    Region: WA- Margaret River

    Jeremy Oliver 97 points!'A very stylish, powdery and mineral chardonnay whose sumptuously ripened flavours of honeydew melon, grapefruit and pineapple are tightly knit with sweet, spicy vanilla oak. It's heady and perfumed, with an unctuous, silky-smooth...

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    $79.00
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  • Pierro Chardonnay 2004

    [SOLD-OUT] Pierro Chardonnay 2004

    Region: WA- Margaret River

    Jeremy Oliver 90 points!"A well-handled wine that is not quite up to its usual exemplary standard. Its smoky fragrance of grapefruit, lime juice and clove-like oak reveals just a hint of spice and spikiness. Smooth and juicy, its tightly focused palate...

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    $65.00
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  • Pierro Chardonnay 2003

    [SOLD-OUT] Pierro Chardonnay 2003

    Region: WA- Margaret River

    Jeremy Oliver 97 points!"Wonderfully bright, luscious and vibrant chardonnay with rare intensity and concentration of fruit. Its lightly smoky aromas of ruby grapefruit, honeydew melon and fresh pineapple overlie tightly integrated nuances of sweet,...

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    $79.00
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  • Pierro Chardonnay 1999

    [SOLD-OUT] Pierro Chardonnay 1999

    Region: WA- Margaret River

    Jeremy Oliver 96 points!The role model for so many of Australia's more opulent and hedonistically proportioned chardonnays, this stunning expression of Margaret River chardonnay is made by Mike Peterkin. Jeremy Oliver's Australian Wine Annual 2004

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    $80.00
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  • Pierro Chardonnay 1998

    [SOLD-OUT] Pierro Chardonnay 1998

    Region: WA- Margaret River

    Jeremy Oliver 93 points!"One of the best Margaret River chardonnays from the wet 1998 vintage, it doesn't quite escape some light botrytis influences. Lacking the elegance of better years and perhaps a little fat and exaggerated, it's thick, concentrated...

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    $75.00
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