Hunter Gatherer Riesling 2023

There’s texture to make all the white peach and nectarine feel almost visible, and it’s all smooth thanks to some driven vanilla cream notes.

Stoney Rise Coal River Valley Chardonnay 2024

Pulpy with a little oxidative edge. This drinks broad so a lot of people are going to love it, and find attractive flavours in every sip. Ripe apple is pretty consistent throughout, like a smile.

Scintilla River Balhannah Chardonnay 2023

Palate bounces with nectarine and blond cashew that are all pulled along, playing with a little leesy texture after the curtain is drawn. Pour for intrigue, sip for love.

Crittendon Estate Gepetto Chardonnay 2023

We love this, and think it applies to refreshing wines in that if you want someone to feel refreshed, you should give them a refreshing, delightful Chardonnay that’s full of lemon leaf, citrus peels and just enough nutty creaminess to make the experience more textural.

Cre Chardonnay 2023

Soft richness with a snapped-off piece of nougat and a peachy fruit feel that’s almost palpable and fades into your mood and takes over in the best way, like the Mazzy Star song that inspired this note. It’s refreshing and comforting so it’s perfect for opening before sunset and finishing in the dark.

Hirsch Hill Chardonnay 2023

This feels like a party Chardonnay that can also come to dinner and knock everyone over. Anita Goode and her crew on the Limestone Coast always deliver! This has heaps of bright peach fuzz and nectarine, plus some zesty acidity – Yum!

Wangolina Chardonnay 2023

Rich and textural, with grilled nuts on the pallet and some lingering white peach and oak spice, backed up with creamy cashew and ripe nectarine flavours.

Miles From Nowhere Chardonnay 2022

First Drop The Real Time Chardonnay 2022

We’re in on that alone, but there’s also a sturdy backbone of compact stone fruit and a nice citrussy-sherbety pull of acidity to keep you energised over the warmer months. We recommend pouring this into a fishbowl-sized wine glass, giving it a little swirl and savouring everything it has to offer. Superb modern Chardonnay that also deserves some space in the cellar.

Nocturne Treeton Sub Region Chardonnay 2022

It’s one of our favourite table Chardonnay’s every year. Always gets three votes at a park party, and loves to hang with Brie and crackers. If all that didn’t get you over the line, there’s also fresh stone fruit and a little lemon curd on the palate.

Chain of Ponds Chardonnay 2023

Grown at above 800 metres, Mrs Peyton gets warm days and cool nights so the conditions allow for some dialling in. Undergoes MLF and matured in oak, you really get a balance of ripe fruit and moreish spice here. Sips are full of peach skin, stone fruit, grapefruit and a little buttery goodness.

Swinging Bridge Mrs Payten Chardonnay 2022

A fantastic entry into the Chardonnay of Eastern Peake made with fruit from five vineyards across Western Victoria. A savoury expression of the variety, with subtle herbaceous notes and an oxidative leaning on the nose that carry onto the chewy phenolic palate with touches of oxidative salinity, and saline laced acidity with mealy almond husk and a faint impression of white stone fruit. Lots to discuss in every glass.

Eastern Peake Western Victoria Chardonnay 2022

XO Wines Small Batch Chardonnay 2022

Trentham Estate Chardonnay 2023

A modern and pure Chardonnay serving up everything there is to love about this variety in spades. Pristine notes of grapefruit and lemon citrus and balm. Deftly light-medium-weighted, with a line of pure, clean acidity woven through. Coming from three sites in the Yarra Valley and aged in a mix of French oak barriques, puncheons and foudre for eight to nine months.

BISTRO Chardonnay 2022

An absolute beauty of a Chardonnay that sits just on the lighter, softer side in the context of Margaret River style. This will please the gambit of Chardy drinkers with its relaxed feel, a lick of toasty oak sweetness and a delicately creamy feel from some lees stirring. Delicious!

Voyager Estate Coastal Chardonnay 2022

A tight and nervy style of Chardonnay from vines in the dry-grown Highbury Fields and Block 9 vineyards, ranging from 20-35 years old. A fantastic wine from this cool nook of WA and just the drop to transition you to summer sipping.

Forest Hill Highbury Fields Chardonnay 2022

Collector Tiger Tiger Chardonnay 2022

A Rodda Willow Lake Vineyard 2023

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## ABOUT CHARDONNAY
If there were such a thing as grape variety royalty, then Chardonnay would sit on the throne. Originating from a small village in Burgundy, France, it’s now the most widely planted variety in the world, seen in wine regions across USA, South Africa, all the way to New Zealand and beyond. Chardonnay has an almost timeless relevance in contemporary food and wine culture–its versatility both in the winery and on the dinner table means it can be used to create a wide variety of wine styles for an even wider variety of occasions. Though many think of Chardonnay and think of oak aged styles that are rich and full-bodied, it can also produce taut, chiselled wines that are begging to be paired with oysters. We can’t talk about Chardonnay wines without mentioning the premium end of the spectrum, including Grand Cru Chablis and even sparkling wines such as Blanc de Blancs (also known as Champagne). This malleability has earned Chardonnay the name ‘the winemaker’s grape’, as the wine it produces is heavily influenced by stylistic decisions made in the winery.

If there were such a thing as grape variety royalty, then Chardonnay would sit on the throne.