Larry Cherubino Pemberton Chardonnay 2016 ~ Western Australia, Australia

97/100 James Halliday

96/100 Ray Jordan, WA Wine Guide (2013 vintage)

93/100 Mike Bennie, Wine Business Monthly (2013 vintage)

92/100 Huon Hooke  (2013 vintage)  

90/100 Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Wine Advocate (2013 vintage)

'Best Value Winery' ~ James Halliday

James Halliday 5 Red Star Winery

James Halliday "...The palate has a juicy, almost sherbet-like, intensity... it also has a startling precision and length, fruit, rather than artefact, paramount....Cool/dry conditions resulted in low crops with small bunches, night-harvested, gently destemmed, cool-fermented with wild yeast. "

James Halliday "The range and quality of his wines are extraordinary, the prices irresistible." (2013 vintage)

Larry Cherubino has had a distinguished winemaking career, first at Hardys Tintara, then Houghton, and thereafter as consultant/Flying Winemaker in Australia, NZ, South Africa, the US and Italy. All the wines Cherubino produces are single region wines. The runaway success of the business has seen the accumulation of 120ha of vineyards, the appointment of additional winemakers, and Larry's own appointment as Director of Winemaking for Robert Oatley Vineyards.

Chardonnay is one of the world’s most popular grapes, Chardonnay is made in a wide range of styles from lean, to rich, creamy white wines aged in oak. Bolder, richer, full-bodied and buttery Chardonnays are made using oak and are produced in California, Burgundy, and Australia. Unoaked chardonnays such as Chablis and those produced in Chile, New Zealand, and other parts of France are leaner and often crisp and mineraly, with delicate flavors. By law, if a label says “Chablis,” it must be Chardonnay.