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“Punchy, fragrant and full-flavoured with gorgeous acid tension and a whisper of spice. High-toned passionfruit and green mango flavours with lingering pink grapefruit notes on the close. The wine has excellent weight and texture and will win people over with its sheer deliciousness.95pts, Great Value” (Toni Paterson, The Halliday Wine Companion). Another triumph for Hungerford Hill's Bryan Currie.The estate situated in the Hunter Valley also uses fruit from cool climate regions, Hilltops and Tumbarumba. "It’s taken a long time to get my head around Tumbarumba wine – it’s a truly unique place" says Bryan. This Sauvignon proves he's got his head brilliantly around the potential of the region.

The 2022 Lark Hill Estate Chardonnay from the Canberra District is a beautifully crafted wine that truly captures the essence of its New South Wales origins. On the nose, delicate notes of white peach and citrus blossom dance with hints of flint and toasted almonds. The wine's pale straw colour glistens in the glass, promising a refreshing and elegant experience. On the palate, flavours of ripe nectarine and lemon curd are perfectly balanced by a subtle touch of oak and a refreshing acidity. The 2022 vintage showcases the full potential of the Canberra District, with its cool climate providing a crisp and bright character to this Chardonnay. With a long and satisfying finish, the Lark Hill Estate Chardonnay 2022 is a standout wine that will leave a lasting impression.

Punt Road Napoleone Chardonnay is a lovely cool climate Chardonnay sourced from the Yarra Valley, this wine shows citrus and stonefruit aromas with a creamy barrel ferment texture. Layers of peach and citrus flavours and a crisp acid finish. Incredible quality at this price.

From the ever impressive Yering Station, this Chardonnay offers toasty barrel ferment characters, good supporting oak and ripe peach aromas leading to a textured and well rounded palate. One of the better value examples out there.

Scotchmans Hills Chardonnay shows all the classical cool-climate melony varietal characters which are are perfectly integrated with light oak and restrained malo-lactic influence. Drinking beautifully now try it with rich seafood dishes.

Sitting high in the Adelaide Hills, Sidewood hand craft single vineyard wines of the utmost complexity. Their Chardonnay is made up of four French Chardonnay clones from the Ashwood vineyard and shows a crisp front palate with lifted layers of aromatic fruit. Each clone provides a unique flavour profile to the end result and delivers a wine displaying complex pear, peach & fig fruit flavours with some lovely nutmeg and sage spice notes.

Sourced from dry-grown, hand tended vines in the north east of Victoria, this Beechworth Chardonnay from Savaterre will surely convince even the most hardened Chardonnay critic that modern Australian Chardonnay is of supreme world-class standard. Keppell Smith handcrafts a Chardonnay of utmost power and concentration that produces a length of flavour that borders on the immortal.

This wine has an immediately inviting aroma of apricot and peach with an underlying melon character. The palate is ripe and fruity, with peach and apricot again being the dominant features.