Chardonnay
Chardonnay is the great chameleon of the wine world, a grape that quietly absorbs its surroundings and reflects them back with poise. From the limestone slopes of Burgundy to the coastal breezes of California and the cool valleys of Australia and New Zealand, it adapts with remarkable grace. In its leanest, most mineral guise, Chardonnay hums with citrus, green apple, and struck-flint tension. Give it a sunnier site and it deepens into ripe peach, nectarine, and gentle spice. It’s a variety that responds acutely to climate, soil, and cellar decisions, offering an entire spectrum of styles from chiselled and crystalline to rich, nutty, and plush.
What sets Chardonnay apart is its capacity for texture. Winemakers can sculpt it like clay, fermenting in barrel for creaminess, ageing on lees for savoury depth, or keeping it stainless-steel crisp for purity and lift. The grape takes oak beautifully when treated with restraint, adding layers of vanilla, toast, or hazelnut without losing its core freshness. At its best, Chardonnay strikes a rare balance: generous yet taut, silky yet vibrant, luxurious yet unmistakably refined. It’s the quiet classic, endlessly versatile, effortlessly elegant, and always ready to show another facet of itself.
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2023 Eden Valley Reserve Chardonnay, Berton Vineyard
Eden Valley is one of Australia’s premier cool climate wine regions renowned for its rugged beauty and distinctive elegant wines. This Reserve Char...
View full details2023 'Gravel Castle' Chardonnay, Simpsons Wine Estate
Simpsons’ Wine Estate creates fine English sparkling wines, which reflect the exquisite characteristics of their iconic, chalk terroir in the North...
View full details2023 Village Chardonnay, Yering Station
A stunning Cool-climate Chardonnay offering yellow and white stone fruit with citrus peel and oak spice on the nose. The palate is lovely – soft a...
View full details2020 Organic Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Nuits, Jean-Claude Boisset
In the glass, the Organic Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Nuits is straw yellow with white highlights. It has very intense bouquet perfumes with notes of...
View full details2022 Chardonnay, Hartenberg Wine Estate
In the glass, this wine shows alluring aromas of white pear, elderflower and subtle hints of toasted vanilla and white flowers. The palate is fresh...
View full details2011 Peninsula Chardonnay, Paringa Estate
Coastal Cream Paringa Estate’s 2011 Peninsula Chardonnay is mature Mornington Peninsula white Burgundy in spirit, with its cool-climate fruit now s...
View full details2022 Petit Chablis, Agnes and Didier Dauvissat
This fantastic, taut, classic Petit Chablis is made by Florent Dauvissat, part of the famous Dauvissat Chablis family. While they are the newest o...
View full details2019 Old Stage Chardonnay, Gabilan Winery
A richly textured Chardonnay, with bright notes of citrus, pear and tangerine and a touch of oak spice through to a long, elegant finish with miner...
View full details2022 Amped Chardonnay, Spoke
The 2022 Amped Chardonnay from Spoke Wines is a masterclass in textural Chardonnay. Spoke is the visionary collaboration between Liam Steevenson M...
View full details2019 Foxglove Chardonnay, Varner Wines
California, Unbuttoned Bright, generous and wonderfully easy to like, this is Chardonnay with all the sunny California charm you want, but delivere...
View full details2024 Chablis, Domaine de la Genillotte
This is Chablis in its clean, classical register: bright, mineral and quietly elegant. It opens with lemon zest, green apple, white flowers and swe...
View full details2020 'Infiniment de 'l'Ou', Château de l’Ou
Château de l’Ou’s 2020 Infiniment de l’Ou Blanc is Roussillon Chardonnay with a mountain-cooled edge. Bright citrus, white peach, almond blossom an...
View full details2024 Omaka Reserve Chardonnay, Saint Clair
Saint Clair are rightly famous for making some of the best Sauvignon Blancs in the world but they also make world-class Chardonnay from their viney...
View full details2023 Chardonnay 'TH', Undurraga
The Limestone Light of Limarí This is Chardonnay shaped by sea air, desert light and a very particular patch of Chilean earth. From Quebrada Seca i...
View full details2020 Chardonnay, Isabel Estate
This is Marlborough Chardonnay with polish, poise and a lovely smoky edge. It opens with white peach, ripe apple, lemon, grapefruit and ginger, fol...
View full details2021 Chardonnay, Creation Wines
It was in 2002, that Swiss-born winemaker Jean-Claude Martin and his South African wife, Carolyn discovered their little piece of paradise on the ...
View full details2022 Estate Chardonnay, Yering Station
Classic cool-climate Chardonnay, with lifted aromas of white blossom, pear and grapefruit, leading to an energetic palate full of white nectarine, ...
View full details2023 Chardonnay, El Enemigo
Mountain Rebel This is Chardonnay with altitude, tension and a wonderfully dramatic streak. Lemon peel, green apple and white peach come through fi...
View full details2022 Petit Chablis, Domaine Jean Goulley
Domaine Jean Goulley is well regarded for its mineral style of Chablis that has a purity and vivacity that pays homage to the Chablis of the past. ...
View full details2015 Serruria Chardonnay, Cape of Good Hope
In the glass aromas of orange blossom and spice fill the nose. It is fresh, lively and zippy in the mouth with ample orange and citrus flavour cloa...
View full details2020 Chardonnay, Zephyr Wines
The Glover family were one of the first to plant grapes on their farm in Marlborough’s Dillon’s Point sub-region in 1988. Nineteen years later, led...
View full details2023 Petit Chablis, Domaine du Colombier
Domaine du Colombier produce excellent value Petit Chablis. This 2023 is clean, fresh and lively, this is pure, unoaked Chardonnay that just crie...
View full details2022 Chardonnay, Xanadu
This highly awarded, modern, sophisticated and striking Chardonnay displays all classic Margaret River hallmarks. This intense, pure and aromatic C...
View full details2024 Chardonnay, Kidnappers Vineyard, Craggy Range
Coastal Cut The evocatively named Kidnapper’s Chardonnay takes its name from Hawke’s Bay’s dramatic headland of Cape Kidnappers. This is Hawke’s ...
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