Bellwether Chardonnay 2011 Tasmania Tamar Valley
Bellwether Chardonnay 2011 Tasmania Tamar ValleyMedium bright yellow. Complex, lees and nutty aromas, struck matchstick. Lush, supple palate with great intensity and length. Excellent depth, perfect balance, mature and integrated.
Bird On A Wire Chardonnay 2016 Victoria Yarra Valley
Bird On A Wire Chardonnay 2016 Victoria Yarra ValleyBright, medium yellow colour, with a fresh, bright almond meal and creamy lees bouquet. Intense flavour and great acid line, tight and tense and long finishing. A brilliant chardonnay, youthful and with a future, but already complex.
Burton McMahon D’Aloisio’s Chardonnay 2018 Victoria Yarra Valley
Burton McMahon D’Aloisio’s Chardonnay 2018 Victoria Yarra ValleyA tight wine from the upper Yarra Valley, needs time to open up. Vanilla & oak is at the forefront, understated subtle flavours of white peach, and soft acid. A lovely example of modern Yarra Valley Chardonnay.
Canobolas Smith Shine Chardonnay 2012 New South Wales Orange
Canobolas Smith Shine Chardonnay 2012 New South Wales OrangeCanobolas-Smith barrel-fermented Chardonnays are regarded as a leading regional style.
The grapes picked consistently show an abundance of stone fruit characters and freshness, enhanced by thoughtful use of oak-handling, and yeast-lees characters.
An excellent, rich round stylish Chardonnay, showing all the textural attributes of the ‘wild style’. Twelve months in older French oak barrels ‘sur lie’ provides the platform from which this delicious wine leaps. Peach fruit characters lead to a smooth, fruit-driven palate that has length and style. Typical cool climate acidity maintains the appeal.
Casa Freschi Altezza Chardonnay 2012 South Australia Adelaide Hills
Casa Freschi Altezza Chardonnay 2012 South Australia Adelaide Hills“The aromas are complex with a mix of winemaker and fruit derived elements, baked apple, fresh apple, subtle pineapple and gentle honeyed aromas that suggest hazelnut will come into town. The palate has creamy texture, considerable concentration of fruit richness, delicate acids that sustain and refresh the flavour, and a long palate with hazelnut oat meal flavours in the finish
Coombe Farm Tribute Chardonnay 2017 Victoria Yarra Valley
Coombe Farm Tribute Chardonnay 2017 Victoria Yarra ValleyThe Tribute Series represents our finest, single site expressions. This 2017 Chardonnay is a selection of our finest, handpicked barrels from a single clone block. The wine presents an attractive bouquet of lemon pith and white nectarine with a subtle hint of struck match. The palate is bright and fresh with layers of complexity, crunchy stone fruit and generous, toasty oak.
Vintage 2017 presented uncharacteristically classic conditions; with a cool and wet spring delaying budburst and flowering. The later months of summer saw idyllic conditions, with a consistent pattern of warm days and cool nights resulting in an extended growing period and excellent ripeness across all varieties. The entirety of this Chardonnay block was handpicked and whole bunch pressed before being racked to barriques. The wine was matured in a combination of 20% new and 80% one and two year old French oak for a period of 13 months.
Domaine Naturaliste Floris Chardonnay 2018 Western Australia Margaret River
Domaine Naturaliste Floris Chardonnay 2018 Western Australia Margaret RiverDomaine Naturaliste Floris Chardonnay 2018 is a modern and engaging expression of our local clone into wine. This style is a co-evolution of Modern Australian food and wine culture, which has great emphasis on balance, freshness and hedonistic pleasure. The sustainably farmed vineyard is in the cool southern end of Margaret River. Floris exhibits delicate textures and floral notes reminiscent of white jasmine flowers.
All about complexity and texture, the richer fruit from the Wallcliffe district absorbing 10 months in French barriques (30% new, but low-medium toast). Fresh grapefruit also takes care of the oak of a carefully built wine.
Dormilona Chardonnay 2018 Western Australia Margaret River
Dormilona Chardonnay 2018 Western Australia Margaret RiverThis is fruit picked from Jo’s naturally farmed vineyard in the Wallcliffe sub-region. It shows pure, persistant fruit, with only the suggestion of support from a demi-muid and some older barriques.
It’s a natural feeling Chardonnay of utter class and sophistication. An original and authentic take on a classic Australian wine staple. Mike Bennie rated the 2016 94 points, this is a gorgeous Chardonnay.
Fighting Gully Road Chardonnay 2018 Victoria Beechworth
Fighting Gully Road Chardonnay 2018 Victoria BeechworthFighting Gully Road Chardonnay 2018 grapefruit, melon, white stone fruit, mineral and a hint of struck match. The palate shows richness despite the lack of malolactic fermentation.
