Revino Veneto Chardonnay 2021
Posted: March 7, 2023
A pretty nutty melon nose with pleasant green melon fruit flavours.
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Spy Valley Marlborough Chardonnay 2021
Posted: March 7, 2023
Toasty oak nose with ripe peaches pushing through and a big full-bodied, but balanced, palate with intense flavours.
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Marisco Vineyards The Ned Marlborough Chardonnay 2022
Posted: March 7, 2023
Apples and spices on the nose with similar characters echoed on a well-balanced palate.
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Haselgrove Staff Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2022
Posted: March 7, 2023
A golden wine with restrained fruit, toasty oak and secondary notes developing.
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Invivo Gisborne Chardonnay 2022
Posted: March 7, 2023
The back label describes this as ‘big and bold’, but in fact it’s a fresh, fruity, medium-bodied wine. Vibrant, with ripe, peachy, slightly toasty flavours and a smooth finish, it’s an easy-drinking style, enjoyable young. $20 (A, UK, US)
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Tohu Whenua Awa Single Vineyard Upper Awatere Marlborough Chardonnay 2018
Posted: March 7, 2023
A drink-now or cellaring proposition, this wine was hand-harvested and fermented in old French oak puncheons. Bright, light yellow/green, it shows very good complexity, with strong, peachy, gently toasty flavours, and a very harmonious finish. $38
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Greywacke Marlborough Chardonnay 2019
Posted: March 7, 2023
Still youthful, this wine was hand-harvested, and fermented and matured for 11 months in French oak barriques (16% new). Bright, light yellow/green, with a distinctly smoky bouquet, it is full-bodied, with strong, vigorous, peachy, citrusy flavours, fresh, lively acidity and…
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Dicey Central Otago Bannockburn Chardonnay 2021
Posted: March 7, 2023
This fragrant, full-bodied wine was matured for 11 months in oak barrels (16% new). Offering strong, ripe stonefruit flavours, gently seasoned with oak, it is savoury, with very good depth, vigour, complexity and harmony, and a lengthy finish. Best drinking…
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Delta Hatters Hill Marlborough Chardonnay 2021
Posted: March 7, 2023
This very harmonious wine has a fragrant, slightly buttery bouquet. Grown principally at Dillons Point, in the lower Wairau Valley, it was fermented and matured for eight months in seasoned French oak barriques. Bright, light lemon/green, it is mouthfilling, with…
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Butterworth Te Muna Martinborough Chardonnay 2021
Posted: March 7, 2023
Creamy-textured and savoury, this single-vineyard wine was fermented and matured for a year in French oak barrels (15% new). Mouthfilling and sweet-fruited, it is youthful, with strong, ripe, stonefruit flavours, gently seasoned with toasty oak, very good complexity and fresh,…
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Tohu Whenua Matua Single Vineyard Upper Moutere Nelson Chardonnay 2020
Posted: March 7, 2023
Offering very good value, this estate-grown wine was hand-picked and barrel-fermented. Bright yellow/green, it is mouthfilling, with rich, ripe stonefruit flavours, buttery, toasty notes adding complexity, balanced acidity and a savoury, finely balanced finish. Delicious drinking now onwards. $33
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Thomas Legacy Waiheke Island Chardonnay 2020
Posted: March 7, 2023
This distinctive, vigorous, finely textured wine was estate-grown and barrel-fermented (50% new). Full-bodied, it is very elegant, with strong, vibrant, ripe peach and grapefruit flavours to the fore, finely integrated, biscuity oak adding complexity, and fresh, balanced acidity. Still unfolding,…
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Greystone Organic Waipara Valley North Canterbury Chardonnay 2021
Posted: March 7, 2023
Already drinking well, this organically certified wine was hand-picked, and fermented and matured for 10 months in French oak barriques (30% new). The bouquet is fragrant and complex; the palate mouthfilling and savoury, with deep stonefruit flavours, finely integrated oak,…
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Byron & Harold Rags to Riches Margaret River Chardonnay 2022
Posted: March 7, 2023
Well-made commercial style. Toasty nutty nose and vibrant zesty fruit palate with subtle use of oak.
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Below & Above Single Vineyard Pemberton Chardonnay 2019
Posted: March 7, 2023
It has it all and everything in perfect balance – age, toasty oak, primary fruit and persistent acid.
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Woody Nook Single Vineyard Margaret River Chardonnay 2021
Posted: March 7, 2023
Oak and melons lift off the nose and has an enticing and crunchy oak driven palate.
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Saddler’s Creek Saddler’s Langhorne Creek Chardonnay 2021
Posted: March 7, 2023
Upfront creamy oak aromas with just a suggestion of oak on the peach/nougat-like palate.
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Mosquito Hill Wines Emeritus Southern Fleurieu Chardonnay 2018
Posted: March 7, 2023
Powerful mature aromas and an ageing buttery palate with acid in support.
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Below & Above Single Vineyard Pemberton Chardonnay 2019
Posted: March 7, 2023
An amalgam of pleasant, sweet citrus fruit and savoury toasty oak. The nose is bright and lively and the palate is in perfect balance. Drinking well now.
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Forester Estate Margaret River Chardonnay 2021
Posted: March 7, 2023
An aromatic complexity of creamy peaches and nutty oak with a palate that offers a good mouthful of flavours in the citrus range with some smart oak.
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Byron & Harold Rose & Thorns Great Southern Chardonnay 2021
Posted: March 7, 2023
Pungent and buttery with an abundance of tropical fruits and floral notes.
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Byron & Harold Rags To Riches Margaret River Chardonnay 2022
Posted: March 7, 2023
A light, flavoursome, fruit driven chardonnay. Lots of citrus and florals. Nice phenolic note.
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Byron & Harold The Partners Great Southern Chardonnay 2021
Posted: March 7, 2023
A flinty toasty character to the nose with tropical/peach hints. Great power to the palate with attractive funky notes, superior oak and a flinty mineral edge.
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Yes Said The Seal Bellarine Chardonnay 2021
Posted: March 7, 2023
A tight wine driven by green lychee and asparagus characters with a racy finish.
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Leura Park Estate Block 1 Bellarine Chardonnay 2021
Posted: March 7, 2023
Powerful varietal fruit expression – all cumquats and peaches with the classy toasty oak adding complexity. It is a persistent and intense wine.
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Leura Park Estate Bellarine Chardonnay 2021
Posted: March 7, 2023
Toasty buttery peach bouquet and a purity of varietal fruit flavours with a hint of oak.
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Jack Rabbit Vineyard Bellarine Chardonnay 2021
Posted: March 7, 2023
A powerful style with a sweet nose, tropical esters and maturing fruit flavours.
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Tony Bish Wines Heartwood Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2021
Posted: March 7, 2023
Intense and full of flavour with pronounced “struck match” characters overriding the fruit.
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Singlefile Limited Release The Vivienne Denmark Chardonnay 2020
Posted: March 7, 2023
One for lovers of big traditional styles of chardonnay. Masses of citrus/tropical fruit and lashings of new oak with a good acid structure holding it all together.
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Singlefile Great Southern Chardonnay 2022
Posted: March 7, 2023
An elegant wine with “minimal winemaker intrusion”. Some nice citrus, tropics and phenolics on the palate.
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Run Free By Singlefile Great Southern Chardonnay 2022
Posted: March 7, 2023
Spicy peaches on the nose with a floral lift and a lean tightly framed but complex palate.
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Altus Rise Wildlight Margaret River Chardonnay 2021
Posted: March 7, 2023
Light, simple aromas of apricots and pineapple with an intensity of quince flavours and a touch of lemon.
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Jip Jip Rocks Padthaway Chardonnay 2021
Posted: March 7, 2023
Good varietal definition with an intensity of stonefruit, hints of almond meal and nutty notes.
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Morambro Creek Padthaway Chardonnay 2021
Posted: March 7, 2023
“It is all class!” A ripe toasty oak nose with good display of tropical fruit characters and an attractively textured palate with an interesting flavour focus.
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De Beaurepaire Wines La Comtesse Central Ranges Chardonnay 2021
Posted: March 7, 2023
A lean crisp fruit driven wine with pronounced citrus fruit lifted by attractive floral notes.
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McPherson Sunburnt Goulburn Valley Chardonnay 2022
Posted: March 7, 2023
A traditional commercial style – lean and crisp with sweet intensity of fruit.
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Churchview Estate The Bartondale Margaret River Chardonnay 2021
Posted: March 7, 2023
A fine, intense and complex chardonnay with excellent length and weight of citrus/tropical fruit seamlessly evolving with the toasty spicy elements.
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Pooles Rock Premiere Hunter Valley Chardonnay 2021
Posted: March 7, 2023
Oak dominates the tropical fruit nose with a very pretty, ripe citrus palate and sweet oak underneath.
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Cockfighter’s Ghost Single Vineyard Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2018
Posted: March 7, 2023
A fresh lively passionfruit nose with a sweet hit of lemon zest. The oak driven palate is long and well balanced with a nice flinty mineral thread running through.
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Audrey Wilkinson Winemaker’s Selection Hunter Valley Chardonnay 2021
Posted: March 7, 2023
Has lovely varietal expression of ripe apples, passionfruit and lemons obvious on both the nose and the palate with deft use of oak and a tight acid finish.
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Hart & Hunter Single Vineyard Series Green Lane Hunter Valley Chardonnay 2021
Posted: March 7, 2023
A nose of warm fruits and spicy oak with a floral lift. Zippy tropical fruit flavours with a nice phenolic note.
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Hart & Hunter Single Vineyard Series Twenty Six Rows Hunter Valley Chardonnay 2021
Posted: March 7, 2023
A bright fresh chardonnay ripe with grapefruit and citrus varietal fruit seamlessly balanced by some classy oak. Nice creamy texture to the palate.
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Sew & Sew Sashiko Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2020
Posted: March 7, 2023
An uncomplicated style of sweet citrus fruit with floral perfumed lift and crisp acidity.
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Sew & Sew Sashiko Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2019
Posted: March 7, 2023
A tight bright integration of creamy buttery oak, peaches and melons with a honeysuckle-like floral lift. Generous palate texture and a strong finish.
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Sew & Sew Contour Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2019
Posted: March 7, 2023
Tightly focussed and maturing nicely with lifted floral characters and nice varietal fruit.
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Beklyn Single Vineyard Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2021
Posted: March 7, 2023
An oaky and creamy textured style with butterscotch-like richness.
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Kosciuszko Wines Tumbarumba Chardonnay 2021
Posted: March 7, 2023
A creamy yeasty nose with lovely lifted flinty fragrances and lingering intense stonefruit flavours with a suggestion of citrus on the fleshy palate.
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Millon Estate Eden Valley Chardonnay 2022
Posted: March 7, 2023
A bright toasty oak driven bouquet with a flinty flavour intensity and a tight tart finish.
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