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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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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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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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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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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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John Wallace Wines Reserve Sisters Hunter Valley Chardonnay 2021

Posted: March 7, 2023

Attractive mix of citrus and toasty oak fragrances with a savoury element and a tight phenolic edged grapefruit palate.

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Patritti Merchant Series Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2021

Posted: March 7, 2023

Lean and textured with stonefruit and citrus backed by slightly toasty oak.

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RIKARD Black Label Orange NSW Chardonnay 2021

Posted: March 7, 2023

A fully evolved chardonnay with ripe melon fruits, the delicately handled oak adding complexity and the mouth-watering acidity balancing it all.

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Hunter’s Marlborough Chardonnay 2021

Posted: March 7, 2023

Powerful and intense style with rich warm fruit fragrances edged with a wheat bag-like element. Good length and complexity of tinned fruit flavours.

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Highland Heritage Mt Canobolas Orange Chardonnay 2021

Posted: March 7, 2023

A “voluminous” style bursting with flavour and exhibiting a generosity of melon and lemon-like fruit characters with punchy savoury oak adding complexity.

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Ross Hill Wines Pinnacle Orange Chardonnay 2021

Posted: March 7, 2023

Citrus blossom nose with a perfumed edge and big, oily, full flavoured palate.

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Scotchmans Hill Bellarine Peninsula Chardonnay 2021

Posted: March 7, 2023

Subdued nose and a tight straightforward citrussy palate laced with a mineral thread.

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Taylors Wines Special Release Adelaide Hills Clare Valley Chardonnay 2021

Posted: March 7, 2023

A complexity of rockmelon and honeysuckle with a hint of toast and a dash of spice. Good value for money.

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Taylors Wines One Giant Leap Padthaway Clare Valley Chardonnay 2021

Posted: March 7, 2023

Light sherbet fruit fragrances and a flavoursome mix of nuts and peaches.

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Saddlers Creek Wines Ryan’s Reserve Hunter Valley Chardonnay 2021

Posted: March 7, 2023

A tightly focussed style with a smoky savoury impact from the oak and a persistence of fresh citrus fruit characters pushing through. Has power and length.

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Saddlers Creek Wines Saddler’s Langhorne Creek Chardonnay 2021

Posted: March 7, 2023

Oak driven aromas and flinty lemon/citrus flavours. Straightforward style.

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Inner City Winemakers Tumbarumba Hilltops Chardonnay 2021

Posted: March 7, 2023

Stonefruit lifts off the nose and has a big creamy and flavoursome palate. “Lots happening!”

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Dee Vine Estate Nericon Riverina Chardonnay 2021

Posted: March 7, 2023

Lifted sweet fruit aromatics with good depth of rich tropical flavours.

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Dee Vine Estate D-Reserve Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2021

Posted: March 7, 2023

Big sweet estery tropical aromas with an intense passionfruit palate. “Nice!”

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Sidewood Estate Mappinga Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2021

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.

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Sidewood Estate Owen’s Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2021

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.

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Eden Hall Eden Valley Chardonnay 2021

Posted: March 7, 2023

Developing tropical fruit nose with intensity of melon/citrus flavours on a creamy palate.

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Paringa Estate The Paringa Mornington Peninsula Chardonnay 2021

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.

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Palliser Estate Martinborough Chardonnay 2021

Posted: March 7, 2023

Nectarines and pineapples combine on the nose and pine/lime flavours drive the palate. Nice oak support.

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Palliser Estate Single Vineyard ‘Om Sant’ Martinborough Chardonnay 2021

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.

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Peccavi Margaret River Chardonnay 2021

Posted: March 7, 2023

Pretty confectionery floral fragrances and bright and lively, fruit driven flavour profile.

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Haselgrove Staff Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2021

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.

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Ara Single Estate Marlborough Chardonnay 2021

Posted: March 7, 2023

Subtle but complex aromas of floral fruit tingles with a tropical fruit palate.

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Giesen Estate Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2021

Posted: March 7, 2023

Toasty oak nose underscored with creamy fruits and a big warming and flavoursome palate.

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Margarey Lane Coonawarra Shiraz 2021

Posted: March 7, 2023

Slight raisined character to the dark fruit nose with some soft sweet fruit flavours.

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Devitt & Moore William Pile Coonawarra Shiraz 2021

Posted: March 7, 2023

Bright aromatic red fruit nose and a seamlessly silky-smooth palate alive with ripe plum flavours.

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Schoolhouse Block A2 Coonawarra Shiraz 2021

Posted: March 7, 2023

Good weight and concentration of blue fruits and toasty oak with some soft tannins.

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Manser 100 Year Old Vines McLaren Vale Grenache 2021

Posted: March 7, 2023

Soft and supple crowd pleaser with loads of oak on top of the cherry cola fruit.

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Manser One Mad Moment McLaren Vale Shiraz Grenache 2021

Posted: March 7, 2023

A vibrant cherry liqueur-like bouquet and a warm and rounded red cherry and plum palate.

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Manser Block 4 Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2021

Posted: March 7, 2023

A nice cool climate shiraz with lifted peppery red fruit fragrances and a red plum and berry flavour profile. Good acid line and grippy tannins.

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Taylors Jaraman Clare Valley McLaren Vale Shiraz 2021

Posted: March 7, 2023

A bright and vibrant wine with plenty of “personality!” The red plum aromas lift off the nose with red currants and cherries filling the mouth with flavour.

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Eight at the Gate Family Selection Wrattonbully Chardonnay 2021

Posted: March 7, 2023

A nicely textured well balanced wine with layers of spicy oak, stonefruits and pretty flinty elements.

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Sidewood Estate Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2021

Posted: March 7, 2023

Intense red fruit nose and a leaner cool climate style of palate with slight herbal nuances.

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Sidewood Old China Hand Adelaide Hills Syrah 2021

Posted: March 7, 2023

Spicy cool climate wine with a minty/eucalypt nose and a persistence of cherry flavours.

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Taltarni Dynamic Victoria Pinot Noir 2021

Posted: March 7, 2023

A pinot with delicate earthy red berry fruit, some subtle spicy oak, nice grippy tannins and a good line of acid.

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Lobethal Road Adelaide Hills Tempranillo 2021

Posted: March 7, 2023

Lifted floral fragrances with subtle cola notes and a spicy green apple palate.

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Lobethal Road Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2021

Posted: March 7, 2023

Lifted peppery blue fruit fragrances, deep briary fruit palate and subtle savouriness.

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