Our Wines & Tasting Notes
Picardy Wines
Picardy produces wines of finesse and complexity; Sauvignon Blanc Semillon, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Shiraz and Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Franc. All Picardy wines are made to be drinkable in their youth, but will reward cellaring. The red wines of Picardy are particularly noted for their vibrant colours and intense fine grained tannins, a hallmark of the Pemberton region. The Chardonnay is produced in a delicate, refined style in keeping with the great wines of the old world. The Pannell Family brings a strong Old World tradition to Picardy.
All Picardy wines are 100% estate grown, hand picked and made by the Pannell family in the Picardy winery on the estate.
New Releases
2025 Picardy
Sauvignon Blanc Semillon
85% Sauvignon Blanc Semillon / 15% Semillon
Tasting note by Ambrose Nock:
"Consistently excellent from year to year, the Picardy 2025 white Old-World styled blend is well and truly on song.
Stone fruit, melon and sweetened citrus lead the way with hints of jasmine and elderflower intertwining with lively acidity.
There is a nice grip on the palate, the finish long and satisfying. Easy to recommend."
2024 Picardy
Chardonnay
Tasting note by Ray Jordan:
"There's a striking precision and fineness about a wine from a warm year that still produced excellent fruit in Pemberton.
Aromas of peach and light ginger with floral, jasmine-like notes. The palate has a faintly creamy cashew complexity and a nice lift, finishing with a savoury light cashew influence."
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Tasting note by Ambrose Nock:
"An absolutely gorgeous Picardy Chardonnay that keeps finesse and elegance sacrosanct, whilst introducing a thrilling opulence to the equation.
Bright from the moment you pull the cork, with sumptuous white peach, nectarine, citrus fruit and ginger leading the charge.
Seamless, and deceptively light, the creamy barrel notes expand, fanning out across the back palate. Quite the wine!”
2023 Picardy
Pinot Noir
Tasting note by Ray Jordan, WA Wine Review:
"Well, well, well. I expected the ’23 pinot from Picardy to be pretty special, and it is. Actually, it’s better than special.
Aromatics are fragrant and alluring, with bright red fruits, a subtle truffly raspberry and cherry mix, and a touch of limestone nuance. The palate is simply sublime.
There’s power, effortless power, but it’s delivered with such finesse, cascading across the palate before flowing through to a very long finish.
This is Pinot Noir that helps define the variety in Western Australia."
2022 Picardy
Tėte de Cuvée Pinot Noir
Tasting note by Tom Kline, Jasper Morris - Inside Burgundy:
"Deep, dark and brooding aromas of blood plum, forest berries, dark cherry and woodsy spice to start. Its demureness draws you into the glass to find layers of earthen savouriness, petrichor, a glimmer of graphite and black tea.
On the palate, there’s a welcome core of dark cherry minerality bringing lift and spine surrounded by plum, brown spice, graphite and earth. It’s powerful and concentrated, but so masterfully controlled.
Fine tannins coat the mouth and a wash of dark fruited acidity freshens a long finish. This is coiled and brooding with restrained power aching to release. One for the cellar. Drink from 2029 - 2036."
2022 Picardy
Shiraz
Tasting note by Ambrose Nock:
"Rich and concentrated, with black and blue fruits and a lick of aniseed for good measure. There is an uplifting presence in the 2022, with coating, chalky tannins that drive the palate, huddling tightly under the same umbrella as red fruits, raspberries and a fleck of aniseed and earth.
In the context of Picardy, this is a powerful wine bursting with potential, though somewhat taut and tightly coiled at present.I’d highly recommend some time in the cellar, or a good splash in the decanter to unveil the seductive cool climate spices and perfume."
2021 Picardy
Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc
56% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Cabernet Franc
Tasting note by Ambrose Nock:
"The elegance of the Picardy Pinots carry through to the 2021 Merlot Cabernets, offering a lighter and more finessed old world inspired blend than you’ll encounter from further North-West.
At this stage the wine is largely fruit driven, with fragrant and uplifting aromas of bright red fruits and violets. The violets carry through to the palate, accompanied by chalky and structural tannins, the oak subtle and integrated.
Out of interest I opened up a 2011 of the same label next to it. The wine was gorgeous, and a picture of balance, but still quite primary: perhaps five years away from the onset of tertiary flavours one might look for when aging these wines."
2019 Picardy
Merlimont
48% Merlot, 33% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Cabernet Franc
Tasting note by Ray Jordan, WA Wine Review:
"A Right Bank-inspired blend of dominant Merlot with contributions from Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc.
It’s a slightly atypical Aussie style with its restrained elegance and less reliance on plump ripe fruit. This is one of the best. Bright aromas of bay leaf, black cherry and tomato bush.
The palate is medium-weight with depth and poise. A fine lingering acidity takes it through to a sustained finish."