2024 Juniper Karridale Chardonnay
Lamont's Cottesloe
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Average Critic Score: 95.5/100
The 2024 Juniper Karridale Chardonnay made a clean sweep of the 2025 Royal Perth Wine Show, taking four trophies including the show's top honour: Wine of Show.
🏆 Wine of Show – Royal Perth Wine Show 2025
🏆 Best White Wine – Royal Perth Wine Show 2025
🏆 Best WA Wine – Royal Perth Wine Show 2025
🏆 Best Chardonnay – Royal Perth Wine Show 2025
The first complete Bretherton vintage was 2024, and the response has been emphatic. The Cornerstone Karridale Chardonnay 2024 was awarded Wine of Show at the Royal Perth Wine Awards in 2025, sweeping Best White, Best WA Wine and Best Chardonnay in the same outing. The Canvas Malbec 2025 won Best Sustainable Wine at the Margaret River Wine Show Trophies. In November 2025 Bretherton himself was awarded the Basil Sellers Prize as Dux of the Len Evans Tutorial, a credentialling exercise James Halliday has called "the greatest wine school in the world".
The portfolio sits in three tiers. The Cornerstone wines are the single-vineyard expressions of Wilyabrup and Karridale Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon, and where the critical conversation is centred.
Critically, Juniper has too long been one of the most underrated names in Margaret River. Huon Hooke at The Real Review has called the estate "one of the elite", with particular praise for the pair of single-subregion Cornerstone Chardonnays. Paul Edwards at The West Australian has called Juniper "criminally underrated, yet pioneering". Ray Jordan has noted that the vineyards have been producing first-class wines for close to fifty years.
Critic Reviews
96 Points - Jane Faulkner, Halliday Wine Companion
“What a splendid drink, and up there as the finest to date; it’s also the first vintage under winemaker Andrew Bretherton’s watchful eye since taking over as chief winemaker in late ’23. It’s flinty, citrusy, tangy and juicy, with white nectarine and some sweet, cedary oak plus mouth-watering sulphides. Yet, given all that, it’s complex, detailed and satisfying. It feels luscious and flavoursome, with fine acidity reining in everything rendering it linear.”
95 Points - Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
“The Karridale is the funkier more sulphide driven wine in 2024, and this Wilyabrup has cleaner lines, so to speak. Both very good, more a matter of personal taste (I prefer this one). White peach, pear, lemon oil, almond, a little spice and cedar. It's a tight and tangy wine, grapefruit and green pear, a little bit juicy, light powdery grip to texture, green olive and sour yoghourt, with plenty of zip on a finish of excellent length. Very nice. I'd give it a year or two to settle and build.”
97 Points - Christina Pickard, Wine Enthusiast
“Roast nuts, struck match and grilled pineapple all add up to a rich, toasty style of Chard. But, thanks to a line of zingy acidity, it always feels fresh and focused. There's length, texture and power here. Still young, it should age beautifully. Gives fine Burgundy a run for its money, and a fraction of the price. ”
Wine Details & Information
Vintage: 2024
Varietal / Style: Chardonnay
Producer: Juniper Estate
Country: Australia
Region: Margaret River
Bottle size (ml): 750ml
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