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2021 Piccadilly Valley Chardonnay, Petaluma

2021 Piccadilly Valley Chardonnay, Petaluma

Adelaide Hills, Australia

Golden Tension

This is one of Petaluma’s signature wines: a benchmark Adelaide Hills Chardonnay from the cool Piccadilly Valley, made with the estate’s classic balance of richness, precision and restraint. It opens with white peach, nectarine, pink grapefruit and Granny Smith apple, followed by lemon curd, blossom, cashew, subtle flint and beautifully integrated oak.

The palate is sleek, long and finely textured, with ripe stone fruit and citrus carried by bright acidity and a gentle creamy line from lees work and partial malolactic fermentation. There is polish, but no heaviness. The finish is vibrant, savoury and persistent, with grapefruit pith, mineral tension and a quiet sense of class.

For when you want Chardonnay with cool-climate finesse, texture and proper pedigree.
Pairs with roast chicken, scallops, crab linguine, pork belly, mushroom risotto, cauliflower cheese, or Comté.
If this wine were… a line, it would be gold leaf drawn across cool stone.

Petaluma is one of Australia’s modern classics, founded in 1976 on the belief that the best wines come from matching the right grape variety to the right region. Its “distinguished vineyards” philosophy takes it to Clare Valley for Riesling, Coonawarra for Cabernet and Merlot, and the Adelaide Hills for Chardonnay and Shiraz. Piccadilly Valley is central to that Chardonnay story, with Petaluma’s Yellow Label Chardonnay showing the cool-climate freshness, texture and site expression that made the estate such an influential name in Australian wine.

Whats in the bottle
100% Chardonnay

Notable Awards
James Halliday, Halliday Wine Companion: 96 points

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Petaluma is one of Australia’s modern classics, founded in 1976 with a simple but influential philosophy: match the right grape variety to the right region, then let the vineyard lead. That idea shaped the estate’s “distinguished vineyards” approach, taking Petaluma to Clare Valley for Riesling, Coonawarra for Cabernet and Merlot, and the Adelaide Hills for Chardonnay and Shiraz.

The Adelaide Hills, and especially the cool Piccadilly Valley, sit at the heart of Petaluma’s Chardonnay story. High altitude, cool nights and long, even ripening help produce wines with bright citrus fruit, natural acidity, fine texture and subtle savoury complexity. Whether in the flagship Piccadilly Valley Chardonnay or the more approachable White Label, Petaluma’s style is built around balance rather than excess.

What makes Petaluma so compelling is its consistency of purpose. These are polished, site-led wines that combine Australian generosity with cool-climate precision, offering freshness, structure and quiet confidence across the range.