Chardonnay

Margaret River

Chardonnay

A most consistent and distinctive chardonnay from Snake + Herring. It's a wine that delivers plenty, with some lovely smoky bacon, stone fruit and subtle quince paste notes on the nose. A little marzipan. And then a palate that delivers texture with a deep intensity. The finishing flourish of savoury notes sends it through to a beautiful long finish.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This wine has that elegance of modern chardonnay, but it still retains the richness and complexity that comes with the original wine-making style, which revolves around wild fermentation and maturation with regular stirring in French oak, all designed to bring in complexity and depth within a textured framework. The aromas lift with typical nectar and stone fruit-like subtleties. A little...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This is a cracking good chardonnay that provides both palate weight and concentrated richness, and at the same time, a linear tension that gives it such precision and poise. On the nose, a fairly typical mix of grapefruit, stone fruit and some lightly roasted cashews. The palate reveals more light butterscotch and creamy peachy characters. But there's a fine savoury,...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

A wine which captures the fruit intensity and power of the '25 vintage in Margaret River. Aromas of subtle oatmeal, brioche, a little marzipan and lemon zest. And then a palate which is slightly creamy but threaded with a fine, balancing limestone-y acidity with a cutting lemon zest edge. It's a richly textured wine, with good flavour intensity and a...

Porongurup

Chardonnay

A beautifully expressive, powerfully intense and ultimately precisely defined chardonnay from the Porongurup. Aromas of meal and grapefruit with a little pithy lemon rind nuance. The palate is beautifully framed with a creamy texture, a little oatmeal and stone fruit influence, and fine acidity to support its structure and length. Just the faintest hint of struck-match complexity, which is most...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This emerged a few years ago as one of the stars in Margaret River, and with this vintage, it clings to that mantle easily. In many ways, a slightly tighter version of the standard chardonnay, but with tremendous depth and concentration. Similarly, it was whole bunch pressed into French oak and wild fermented, getting a further nine months in oak....

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This is consistently a first-rate chardonnay delivering way beyond its price point. It's wild fermented and then gets nine months in French oak barriques. Typically, it shows some quite beautifully rich fig and stone fruit characters with a little lift of lemon zest and some nice light roasted cashew. The palate is beautifully rich and textured, as much a result...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This is from the vineyard Swings acquired a few years ago and they have really maximised the potential of what was an excellent site. This is a finer, tighter and more linear style than the Backyard Stories. On the nose, white peach, cut pear and lime characters are quite dominant, with slightly spicy vanilla bean and brioche complexity. The palate...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This is a wine that has really elevated in quality over the past few years and is now consistently excellent. It is made in a specific style, rich, textured and flavoursome, with lovely toasty oak complementing the melony stone fruit richness and slightly creamy texture. It is certainly a full-bodied, flavoursome wine, with a fine mineral and savoury edge providing...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This is the pinnacle of the Amelia Park chardonnay. This one was whole bunch pressed and wild fermented in the larger format puncheons. So, it's a wine that has been allowed to express the beautiful fruit characters that came from the early picking in this warm year. Aromas of nougat and butterscotch with a little cut pear. And then a...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This is such a beautifully textured and presented chardonnay from a season that produced both opulence and a degree of delicacy. Aromas of white peach and butterscotch although restrained a little citrus and a subtle spiciness. The palate is rich and textured with layered complexity. Delivering with a burst of stone fruit but balanced by a fine, precise linear acidity....

Blackwood Valley

Chardonnay

This wine is just starting to show some nice, subtle developed characters, but it's still largely a vibrant, fresh, fruit-driven wine. Aromas of cut pear and grapefruit with a little lemony zip. The palate is developing a subtle nutty influence that works neatly with the vibrant white fruits. Excellent wine for drinking over the next couple of years.

Pemberton

Chardonnay

This is a single-vineyard chardonnay, dry-grown, cane-pruned, handpicked. But the key element is it's made of four Dijon clones. And that seems to have clearly impacted its detail and structure. It was aged in French oak barriques, of which 25% was new, for about 10 months. The aromas are more in the savoury spectrum with a slightly chalky, limestone-like character...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

I guess you're going okay when you can get a neat little Margaret River chardonnay at this price. But then they always over-deliver from Paul Conti. A little time in oak through the fermentation process and then further time with maturation. It's been designed as a fresh, fruity, current-drinking style with those abundant melony, stone fruit flavours and that subtle...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This Legacy Series has produced some quite wonderful wines, and this is yet another stunning example. In line with the biodynamic principles of Cullen, it was picked on a flower day and new moon in February. The bunches went into a clay amphora lined with beeswax for two days before pressing, and then it was transferred to a biodynamic flower...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This is a single pick from a single block. What a marvellous statement of Margaret River chardonnay. Has had nine months in oak, of which 40% was new, including some Burgundian puncheons. It has such a lovely texture and mouthfeel, which comes from the six months on lees. This is all Gingin clone and has had no malolactic fermentation. It...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This is from clone 76. It’s a generous wine of concentration and palate weight. Strikes with a nice waxy, savoury aromatic that is immediately complex. The palate has an almost dry-as-chips, savoury, chalky character. It is linear and yet powerfully intense, with a very precise, keen finish. Has a nice mineral character.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This is quite a different expression of Margaret River chardonnay, primarily due to the use of clone 95. It has a distinctive biscuit and water-cracker character on the nose, especially. The palate is dry and savoury, with a high degree of tension giving focus and precision through to the finish. Nice chalky characters. This has had about 40% malolactic fermentation,...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This is the first release of this wine. It’s from the Gingin clone off some heavier soil, and it produces generous, rich and ripe fruit. It has a nice creamy savouriness, with a combination of ripeness and crisper acidity. The palate displays a savoury, textural character with that distinctive saline character. Had nine months in oak, which underpins the fruit...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

Immediately strikes with an intense purity and strong savoury, saline-like character. Had about 13 months on lees in a mix of oak, of which 25% was new. It’s a powerful statement with a distinct vineyard character. Balanced with tremendous fruit power, though slightly restrained and controlled through to a long finish. This is all from the Gingin clone, and it...

Great Southern

Chardonnay

I just love the concept of the small-batch wines that Singlefile releases. In this case, the chardonnay comes in a little later than normal, and so the rich flavours have a chance to really build. It was wild-fermented in new Burgundian oak, and it's created a wine that's rich in butterscotch and stone fruit, while retaining a defining savoury edge...

Great Southern

Chardonnay

This one comes from Denmark and immediately shows a level of sophistication and complexity that have become synonymous with these Family Reserve chardonnays. The vintage is one that has delivered plenty of flavour intensity, and this has been harnessed into a wine that is elegant, controlled and refined. Butterscotch and stone fruit nuances on the nose. And then a palate...

Great Southern

Chardonnay

Boy, you're getting a decent chardonnay for this price with this wine. Immediately on the nose, the complexity is evident, with subtle, savoury, almost smoky bacon character, a little roasted cashew and some light toastiness with a butterscotch nuance. The palate is creamy, with light stone fruit and a cane-lifting acidity. This really is quite a beautifully balanced and presented...

Pemberton

Chardonnay

There were some very good chardonnays from Pemberton from the '25 vintage, and this is yet another of them. Captures the regional DNA on the nose with a peach blossom, floral, and slightly chalk dust character. The palate is still quite tightly wound, but there is good fleshy intensity, albeit held close to create a finely linear, minerally wine. It's...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

The Margaret River chardonnay from 2025 is very good. Plenty of flavour, plenty of intensity, but also with a degree of restraint. On the nose, a peach and nectarine mix with a little lemon pith, and then a palate that is crunchy and crisp with a lively, zingy acidity giving it a linear focus but not compromising the richness of...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

The intensity and power of Margaret River chardonnay is immediately apparent. The nose opens with slightly toasty, savoury, faintly struck match characters, then the palate releases the awesome power of chardonnay from this region. Fine savoury elements and a touch of chalkiness contribute to a palate that is controlled, powerful and extraordinarily long. This is high-class stuff.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

Fruit comes from a number of different sites across Margaret River, with the aim of creating a wine of complexity and balance while retaining elegance. After handpicking, it was whole bunch pressed into a mix of new and one- and two-year-old barriques for wild fermentation. A further 10 months in oak has built deep complexity on the palate. Cashew, crunchy...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This one comes from Margaret River, from this vineyard in Wilyabrup. So it has the pedigree. It’s an intense wine from whichever way you look at it. On the nose, there’s a slightly smoky gunflint character overriding the intense lemony-grapefruit characters. And then the palate has tremendous concentration, yet it’s linear and defined, with a degree of tension. Nice mineral...

Pemberton

Chardonnay

This wine is always kept for a minimum of five years before release. This is a thoroughly exquisite, delicate, refined sparkling chardonnay sourced from Pemberton. There’s a lovely light lemony-brioche combination on the nose. The palate is so delicate but with excellent flavour intensity. Fine chalky acidity and a little lemony zip all contribute to a racy, long, precise finish....

Great Southern

Chardonnay

Power, precision, intensity. It’s all here in this single-site wine from dry-grown vines planted 40 years ago. There’s a steeliness about it, but also a textural feel. A compelling mix of lemon, oatmeal and a little butterscotch on the nose, with a flavour profile that is deeply concentrated but effortlessly long. Fine, crunchy, chalky minerality holds a tight line, carrying...

Great Southern

Chardonnay

Generously flavoured and richly textured chardonnay from vines planted back in 1985 and supplemented with some Bernard clones of ’95, ’76 and ’96. Notes of lemon meringue and brioche with a little quince paste on the nose. The palate is deliberately textured, but still with a controlling fine mineral acidity. Lemon meringue and quince paste, with a trace of butterscotch...

Frankland River

Chardonnay

Most attractive current drinking and short-term chardonnay, capturing the fruit intensity you expect from the Great Southern. Butterscotch savouriness on the nose, a little dab of lemon meringue, and some slightly nutty cashew-like characters. The palate is intense, with a fine line of chalky acidity highlighting its linear feel. Yet there is texture here with some slightly mealy stone fruit...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This is a slightly different expression to the 2023 vintage. The aromas are more restrained and show more minerally oyster shell, lemon-scented, lightly butterscotch characters. The palate is quite a deal tighter and leaner, which may have resulted from slightly earlier picking in this warm year. Still, it's a wine of poise and what appears to be typical vineyard power...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This Wilyabrup Chardonnay has powerful intensity, evident immediately on the nose and confirmed on the palate. An aromatic mix of butterscotch, crème brûlée, a little meal character is immediately captivating. The palate strikes a precise balance of rich flavours, supported by understated oak and driven by crisp, mineral acidity through to a long finish. This is an impressive early release...

Western Australia

Chardonnay

This is quite a beautiful wine and, when you look at the quality, great value for money. Aromas of citrus and melon, with a subtle vanilla pod and crème brûlée nuance. A textured palate delivers subtle complexity with a crunchy, melony, mealy character and a subtle savoury finish. Well-composed wine.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This really is a super value-for-money chardonnay from a season that’s turned out pretty well for this variety. It was fermented and matured in French oak for about eight months and certainly picked up some lovely characters. On the nose, there’s a light fig and lemon combination, with a touch of quince paste, and then a distinctly mineral, savoury palate...

Western Australia

Chardonnay

Cherubino Folklore chardonnay 2025 ($17) Light, to medium-bodied chardonnay, but one that has good fruit weight and flavour intensity. It captures the edgy citrus and white peach notes of the variety on the nose, and then delivers with a slightly creamy texture, brimming with stone fruit and a sprinkle of spices to lift. Nice, fine acidity sustains the focus. Score:...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

A light-bodied, crisp, almost Chablis-style chardonnay where the lively varietal aromatics of pear and cut lime, with a little grapefruit, emerge. On the palate, there are more riches of stone fruit and the creaminess that adds textural feel. A little flick of oak introduces subtle complexity, but it retains its keen edginess through to a long finish. Refreshing and pure.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

It’s a nice, fruit-driven, clean, crisp, light-bodied chardonnay that receives just the faintest touch of oak, so it retains the vibrant, pristine purity of the variety. Melony, lemon meringue characters and a racy, long finish. Ideal current-drinking chardy.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

Here’s a wine that shows a degree of sophistication. It was wild-yeast fermented and then partially malolactic fermented, so it’s produced a level of complexity. The aromas show nutty cashew, stone fruit and slightly savoury characters. Then the palate reveals more, with its rich textural feel delivering a little crème brûlée, lemon meringue and quince paste character. A fine, minerally...