2024 Rocket Chardonnay

$93

Our 8th release, the 2024 Rocket Chardonnay, once again launches from the elevated slopes of Lenswood — a site that continues to define purity and tension in Chardonnay. The season delivered fruit of exceptional intensity and clarity, captured here in a wine that is both powerful and precise. Aromas of lemon pith, brown lime and white stone fruit are layered with subtle struck-flint complexity and a touch of nutty oak. The palate is driven and tightly coiled, with mineral acidity and a fine pithy edge carrying the fruit through a long, moreish finish. Full malolactic fermentation and 45% new oak bring texture and gravitas without weighing down its energy. A focused, linear Chardonnay with lift and length — a wine of momentum and quiet force.

James Suckling 98 Points - 4th in Top 100 Australian wines 2025

Flashy, minerally and restrained aromas of grilled lemons, struck match, salted nuts, citrus blossoms, phosphorus, oyster shells and honeysuckle. The palate is tightly wound, with excellent density of fruit cut through by electric acidity and bright, tense clarity that leaves a mouthwatering finish of oatmeal plus savory and saline undertones. It’s hard to believe this is 100% malolactic given the high-voltage, energetic drive. This is truly excellent and all class. Drink or hold. Screw cap. James Suckling - Review by Ryan Montgomery. 98 pts.

Halliday Wine Companion 2027 - 97 Points

The '24 Rocket is tight and powerful, with momentous drive. The acidity courses through at subsonic speed, with gunflint, green apple and white peach clinging in the thrill of its wake. Savory notes and grapefruit pith reign supreme this vintage, the smell of quartz broken open, water running through, ozone and mineral texture. Grilled lime and crushed nuts expand over the palate through the finish, which is decidedly long. “Catch your breath, out-of-this-world good.” Screw cap. 12.5% alc. RATING 97

The Wine Advocate 96+ Points
The 2024 The Rocket Chardonnay leads with a spicy reduction on the nose, with notes of freshly picked curry leaf, caper brine, preserved lemon rind and yellow peach. In the mouth, the wine is crunchy, saline, textural and expansive. Far from clipping the fruit, the reduction feels to open it up through the finish, showing real freedom of expression and ease. This is a beautiful wine, one that is as delicate as it is a statement of winemaking. It seems effortless, despite the clear effort. 12.5% alcohol, sealed under screw cap. Drink Date: 2026 – 2034 Reviewed by: Erin Larkin Apr 24, 2026

SYDNEY ROYAL WINE SHOW 2025 - GOLD 95 Points

South Australia Wine Guide 2026 - 95 points
The top shelf of Murdoch Hill Chardonnays, out of the estate’s Lenswood vineyard.
The winemaking is evident, house reductive characters to the fore, with a neat lift of quality, just sweet oak spice in the aromas. Seductive. Fruit is cooler sited and tight, with superb balancing of acidity and flavour, lemon squeezed over white stone fruits. Length and pleasure assured. Drink now–2036

2024 Rocket Chardonnay

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