“Very Coche-Dury.” - JancisRobinson.com

“Amazing.” - Jamie Goode, 95 points

Blank Canvas’s winemaker, Matt Thomson, must have to pay for a lot of broken windows, because he has knocked it out of the park yet again. Billowing with golden-flecked stone-fruit and tangy grapefruit, there is a tease of struck match and notes of wood shavings and toasted sourdough. The balance between the rich, savoury characteristics and the toothsome oak is just perfect, while the fine, tinkling lemony acidity illuminates the fruit flavours with great clarity and carries the notes of hazelnut and peach with it on its long, silky journey. This is one of the yummiest wines we have in store and a wine I would recommend it to anyone who loves serious Chardonnay, including top notch white Burgundy. It is, quite simply, brilliant. 13.5% alc. Drink now-2032.

Press reviews:

Jamie Goode: “Concentrated, fine, mineral and expressive. A powerful wine with lovely citrus intensity, layered complexity and good acidity. Such refinement here allied to power. Amazing.” 95 points

The Wine Advocate: “The 2024 Reed Chardonnay is reductive and spicy on the nose, with freshly picked curry leaf, white peach, green apple and green olive brine. In the mouth, the wine is savoury and layered with reduction, which carries through to the finish. Very good wine here, the fruit is restrained/delicate and sits beneath the winemaking, while the finish is long. Drink now-2034.” 94 points

JancisRobinson.com (previous vintage): “Seductive and well-judged ‘reductive’ (smoky, struck-match) aroma and really toasty as it opens up, something cedary. Very Coche-Dury but, most importantly, there is the fruit intensity to carry off this winemaking style. Nutty, creamy, mealy citrus. So many things going on that it makes you slow down to try to enjoy all this complexity. Deep, deliciously fresh and incredibly persistent with an aftertaste of savoury/mineral citrus. Worth every penny of its NZ price of $45. Classy and got better and better over the few days post opening.” 18 points