Posted: March 7, 2023
Stonefruit lifts off the nose and has a big creamy and flavoursome palate. “Lots happening!”
Comments Off on Inner City Winemakers Tumbarumba Hilltops Chardonnay 2021 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
Lifted sweet fruit aromatics with good depth of rich tropical flavours.
Comments Off on Dee Vine Estate Nericon Riverina Chardonnay 2021 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
Big sweet estery tropical aromas with an intense passionfruit palate. “Nice!”
Comments Off on Dee Vine Estate D-Reserve Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2021 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
Subtle elegance of flinty fruit fragrances and a palate that is all poise and elegance with intense citrus driven flavours, savoury oak and chalky minerality.
Comments Off on Sidewood Estate Mappinga Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2021 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
Intense focus of fresh grapefruit characters with pretty honeysuckle-like floral lift and a beautifully structured palate with delicious flavour profile. Will age well.
Comments Off on Sidewood Estate Owen’s Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2021 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
Developing tropical fruit nose with intensity of melon/citrus flavours on a creamy palate.
Comments Off on Eden Hall Eden Valley Chardonnay 2021 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
Lovely, sweet varietal fruit bouquet – all ripe melons and stonefruit with a rich oily textured palate and a nice balance of fruit, residual sweetness and malo.
Comments Off on Eden Hall Eden Valley Chardonnay 2020 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
A rich, oily textured, full flavoured wine of warm fruits and toasty oak with a sweet finish.
Comments Off on Salena Estate ex-PRESS-ion Riverland Chardonnay 2022 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
The nose is quite oaky with an interesting funky element. Palate has a powerful depth of melon and peach fruit flavours with a flinty complexity.
Comments Off on Paringa Estate The Paringa Mornington Peninsula Chardonnay 2021 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
Nectarines and pineapples combine on the nose and pine/lime flavours drive the palate. Nice oak support.
Comments Off on Palliser Estate Martinborough Chardonnay 2021 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
Top quality sweet varietal fruit of citrus and stonefruit with tropical nuances giving the nose a lovely lift and a lingering harmony of flavours with careful use of oak.
Comments Off on Palliser Estate Single Vineyard ‘Om Sant’ Martinborough Chardonnay 2021 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
Pretty confectionery floral fragrances and bright and lively, fruit driven flavour profile.
Comments Off on Peccavi Margaret River Chardonnay 2021 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
The nose is sweet, spicy and perfumed and it is rich and buttery in the mouth with lovely melon-like fruit flavours lifted by attractive floral notes.
Comments Off on Haselgrove Staff Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2021 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
A lift of pears and peaches on the nose with generous herbal/citrus-based flavours.
Comments Off on Burk Salter Riverland SA Chardonnay 2022 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
A big rich style developing secondary characters with fruit in the melon spectrum.
Comments Off on d’Arenberg The Witches Berry McLaren Vale Chardonnay 2022 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
An intensely powerful traditional malo-driven style with ripe citrus fruit, subtle oak in the background and a crisp acid finish. Consumer friendly style.
Comments Off on d’Arenberg The Lucky Lizard Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2020 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
A rich buttery nose with tropical fruit tingle aromas. Creamy in the mouth, showing some restraint with slightly sweet fruit and nice nutty oak.
Comments Off on d’Arenberg The Olive Grove McLaren Vale Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2022 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
Rich and buttery with citrus notes and some secondary characters developing.
Comments Off on Kirrihill Regional Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2017 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
Evolving nicely with punchy oak and citrus/peach-like fruit characters. Good value.
Comments Off on Giesen Small Batch Marlborough Chardonnay 2020 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
Subtle but complex aromas of floral fruit tingles with a tropical fruit palate.
Comments Off on Ara Single Estate Marlborough Chardonnay 2021 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
Toasty oak nose underscored with creamy fruits and a big warming and flavoursome palate.
Comments Off on Giesen Estate Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2021 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
A lovely flinty and punchy lemon butter bouquet with a great varietal fruit flavour profile nicely matched by some very smart oak.
Comments Off on Saint Clair Pioneer Block 10 Marlborough Chardonnay 2020 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
Intense mix of varietal fruit and nutty oak aromas with a big flavour filled palate showing lovely richness balanced by a good level of acidity.
Comments Off on Saint Clair Omaka Reserve Marlborough Chardonnay 2020 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
Pleasantly matured, golden honeyed wine with nicely evolved flavours. Very drinkable!
Comments Off on Mosquito Hill Wines Southern Fleurieu Chardonnay 2016 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
A gently maturing wine, drinking well now with a brightness of honeyed fruit and tropical touches.
Comments Off on UMAMU Estate Margaret River Chardonnay 2019 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
Smells of melons, peaches and guava with a big flavoursome varietal palate showing lashings of oak.
Comments Off on Passel Estate Margaret River Chardonnay 2019 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
“Complex and complete,” according to one judge. Has the full spectrum of citrus fruit characters with some beautiful oak and a lovely mineral-like thread.
Comments Off on Flowstone Margaret River Chardonnay 2020 / 0 View / March 7, 2023