The 2022 vintage was warm and low yielding—very low yielding in the context of Chardonnay. The fruit for this vintage was picked over eight different parcels, from the third to the 21st of February. The fruit was handled in a combination of 50% new French oak, amphora and concrete egg. The 2022 Kevin John Chardonnay leads with chamomile tea, saffron, yellow peach, smoked almonds, jasmine, sandalwood and white-flesh stone fruit. It's a subdued, quiet wine at this stage, quite different from how I remember tasting it on release. As a three-year-old wine (i.e., three years from harvest), this falls before my recommended drinking window for Margaret River Chardonnay, which I believe shows best five years from harvest, as a general rule of thumb. Leave this for a while before drinking it; I believe it will open and evolve positively. 13.9% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.