Chardonnay

Mount Barker

Chardonnay

This is a slightly lighter, medium-bodied chardonnay from Mount Barker that's been given a little barrel fermentation to bring complexity and texture into the mid-palate while retaining that vibrant, lively and quite crunchy freshness. Subtle cashew and lemon meringue characters lead to a palate that is fine and quite delicate, threading through to a sustained, long finish. Delightful drinking over...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This turned out to be an excellent season for white varieties, particularly chardonnay, producing wines of delicacy but still with the latent Margaret River power. A small amount of the wine was allowed to go through malolactic fermentation, and then the wine was left for about nine months in oak with regular lees stirring as required. It has a rich...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

The colour is brilliant gold. The nose has an extraordinary layered complexity, with traces of honeycomb, crème brûlée and a subtle struck match character. The palate is deeply intense with both power and finesse, and those complex characters initially evident on the nose start to emerge through this very long palate profile. The finish is dry and savoury, with precise...

Pemberton

Chardonnay

This is such a striking wine made from Pemberton chardonnay. It was fermented in a combination of older French oak puncheons and ceramic eggs and has produced a wine that is a pure, bright, and fresh expression of chardonnay from this terrific region. There's a nice lemon meringue character on the palate with a slightly savoury balancing offset. Beautiful mouthfeel,...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

You get decent bang for your buck with this entry-level chardonnay. Delicate, racy, and zesty, with good fruit intensity, it displays a melony, light stone-fruit combination supported by crisp, minerally acidity and just a splash of lemon juice to lift. Clean, vibrant, and alive.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This is a super wine that comes off low-yielding mature vines on the property. The aromas are a classic combination of cut lime, pear, and nectarine. The palate is still tightly wound and somewhat shy, but it will evolve, open up, and develop further complexity and layers with age. It's a vibrant, minerally style with tremendous length.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

I have to say, this is one of the most complex and intriguing of any of the Hay Shed Hill chardonnays I've seen over the years. It comes off some pretty mature vines these days and spent 11 months in French barriques after fermentation. It has a fairly typical light stone-fruit, savory nuance with a touch of burnt-caramel complexity. Fine...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This is the first time the clone P58 has been used — also known as the Penfolds clone. It's 62% Gingin clone which certainly gives it palate weight and texture. There's a slightly saline aromatic here showing a touch of oyster shell minerality. It was wild yeast fermented, contributing a creamy savoury element to the Gingin clone. There's a limestone...

Geographe

Chardonnay

A light and contemporary current drinking chardonnay. It's a fresh, citrusy, and quite tangy wine with subtle melony nuances and a fine citrusy edge. Crunchy, vibrant palate with minimal oak contribution and designed for current drinking. Really hits the mark for this style of wine.

Geographe

Chardonnay

This is something new and quite an excellent expression of chardonnay from this outstanding vintage. There's some neat oak contributing to an expressive style, but with the power and intensity of the fruit, strong features as a nutty, creamy character on the nose and then a palate which shows some slightly struck-match, flint-like characters. It's a wine of great character...

Geographe

Chardonnay

There's power and intensity here from this Ferguson Valley wine, but it delivers it with such restraint and elegance. After hand-picking, it was whole bunch pressed into a mix of new and one-year-old French oak for fermentation. I think this wine is showing more restraint than some of the earlier vintages in line with how it's evolved in recent years....

Pemberton

Chardonnay

This Pemberton chardonnay from Bill and Dan Pannell really does capture so much about this vintage and this region. It has all the delicacy and refinement you expect from Pemberton, but there is a gradual build-up of intensity, which is clearly evident on the palate. Lightly fragrant floral nuances on the nose, with very subtle cashew nuttiness and a faint...

Pemberton

Chardonnay

A delicate, fine, and most elegant chardonnay from Pemberton. Delicate, yes, but there is a deep, concentrated power here that captures much of why Pemberton is such an exciting region for chardonnay. There's a minerally, chalky, citrusy acidity supporting the tightly held but intensely concentrated fruit. There's subtle brioche and roasted cashew depth on the palate. And with that minerally...

Mount Barker

Chardonnay

This Mount Barker chardonnay displays the elegance, restraint, and delicacy of the 2025 vintage in Mount Barker. Has a subtle citrusy, nutty nuance on the nose, with just a faint melony complexity. The palate has a nice fruit composition but a lively, slightly steely, minerally thread that gives it precision. And that fine chalky acidity really helps carry it through...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

You're getting a fair amount of high-quality chardonnay at this price with some serious winemaking. It was 100% barrel-fermented with wild fermentation, but no malolactic fermentation with the aim of retaining that fresh, zingy acidity and vibrancy. It has had the influence of lees, which has been stirred regularly to build in a textural completeness. Lemony grapefruit notes on the...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This is a single vineyard chardonnay, with all of the fruit off the original Lagan Estate vineyard that was planted back in seventy-seven. It's a wine of tremendous power and poise, with layered complexity and richness. The regular lees stirring over nine months has heightened this complexity and built a textural character into the wine. As always, winemaker Glenn Goodall...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

It was a hot season, but the early picking of this variety and its southern Margaret River location has resulted in a wine that is so well balanced and intense. The fruit was whole bunch pressed and then all barrel fermented, with the fermentation allowed to occur naturally. All French oak, with about twenty percent new, and it spent about...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This is a case of the planets aligning with one of the great names in Australian chardonnay from what I think is the finest vintage in the history of West Australian modern winemaking. This is quintessential Leeuwin, controlled power, but with the subtle finesse and delicacy that is the signature of this great vintage. The nose is a wonderful mix...

Great Southern

Chardonnay

This might be the best chardonnay yet under this premium label from the team at Rosenthal. The aromas are highly scented with florals, a trace of lemon curd, and a cashew-like nectarine combination. The palate presents with exquisite poise. It’s flavoursome, but held with a linear feel thanks to fine acidity and some slightly savoury notes which tighten and extend...

Pemberton

Chardonnay

This is a beautiful expression of Pemberton chardonnay in a year that suited this variety. The aromas reveal lemon scents, stone fruit and a slightly minerally character. The palate is finely crafted and elegantly delivered with tremendous fruit intensity, crunchy quince, a lively savoury minerality and a fine lingering finish. That crisp, fine acidity really holds the line, providing definition...

Great Southern

Chardonnay

A rich, nutty and creamy expression of Great Southern chardonnay. It has a nice combination of quince paste and stone fruit on the nose with a subtle and fine minerality. The palate has good flavour intensity and a nice balance of oak and fruit supported by a crisp, fine acidity. That slightly nutty quince paste and nectarine character emerges through...

Porongurup

Chardonnay

The fruit comes from an excellent Porongurup vineyard, Shepherd’s Hut. Reveals a sea spray aroma over lemon chalky characters. On the palate deeper lemon pith, brioche and the slightly chalky limestone minerality reveals. In the winery an oxidative approach is taken after hand and machine picking. It’s pressed to barrel with full solids and then naturally fermented before malolactic fermentation...

Great Southern

Chardonnay

This wine within the Singlefile portfolio has evolved over recent years into one of the best value wines released anywhere in the state. And it might be value for money, but it's made with some serious intent, including wild yeasts and some nice oak treatment to develop complexity. There's also been some regular lees stirring, which has introduced a textural...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This vineyard has really been turning out some quite marvellous wines in recent years. It took a bit of work, but the results are in the bottle. This is a beautiful, vibrant, lively chardonnay with that subtle degree of complexity complementing the natural fruit characters. Nutty lemon curd and deeper stone fruit characters on the nose. And yet on the...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

An extraordinary wine of tension, energy and power. It’s the result of the earliest vintage on record at Vasse Felix, with the fruit being picked on 17 January. It's a wine of power and generosity, yet the subtle secondary characters in here really do strike a complex note. It's made predominantly from the Gingin clone and shows generosity, but typically...

Chardonnay

This has established itself right in the top tier of Margaret River Chardonnay since it was introduced a few years ago. It was hand-picked and then wild yeast fermented before spending about 10 months in French oak. There is the immense and intense power that is Wilyabrup Chardonnay, a mix of quince paste, citrus, and grapefruit on the nose with...

Chardonnay

Aromas show distinct stone fruit with a dominance of peach and nectarine, supported by slightly cashew-like characters. The palate is intense, with rich stone fruit flavours augmented by barrel fermentation. A trace of butterscotch and subtle savoury notes complete the picture of an excellent wine.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

Earlier picking has captured the essential fruit characters of chardonnay in this warm year. Wild fermented and then matured in a mix of new and second-fill French oak for 10 months with regular lees stirring. Built with concentration, richness, and texture, while retaining a fine savoury, slightly citrusy grapefruit edge. A subtle touch of butterscotch brings the palate to life....

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This is an immediately ready-to-drink chardonnay, displaying good fruit depth and expression and a well-crafted palate. Captures the citrus, grapefruity notes, a little bit of the lemongrass, and lemon curd complexity. There's a trace of stone fruit, nectarine dominated, and a minerally palate showing a nice oak and fruit integration. Drinking perfectly now.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This is a wine that captures the precision and elegance of a vintage that produced wines combining delicacy with power. Whole bunch pressing and wild fermentation, followed by eight months in French oak barriques, have contributed to a complex and layered palate. On the nose, there are lively, slightly lemon-scented, minerally, lemon curd characters. The palate shows deep intensity, with...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

An appealing chardonnay from this very good vintage. The aromas open with a citrussy butterscotch and quince paste combination. The light-bodied palate is loaded with crunchy melon and citrus fruit laced together with a fine, juicy acidity and neat use of oak. Has a lively minerality to lift. Idea drinking in the shorter term.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

Chardonnay has been a strong suit at Thompson Estate from the outset, when founder Peter Thompson went after this variety relentlessly. This is a wine from the warmer '24 season, but was picked earlier in the year before the heat took hold, and so the wine is quite restrained and vibrant, displaying lively melon and grapefruit nuances with just a...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

Continuing the excellent line of chardonnays produced from this terrific producer in Margaret River. In this case, it was barrel fermented, and then it got 33% in new French oak. So, the oak influence is important and significant, and yet it doesn't overload, allowing the beautiful mix of butterscotch and peach characters, with their lifted florals to emerge. Has a...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

These old, low-yielding vines yield fruit of tremendous concentration with balance and deep intensity. Aromas of lemon curd and brioche with a lift of cut pear and lime. The palate is textured and concentrated with deft precision, taking it through to a long finish. A classy wine of distinct regionality.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This is certainly one of the better chardonnays I have seen at this stage from the 2024 vintage. The quality of fruit is evident immediately, and its vibrancy and energy probably come from the earlier picking before the heat struck with a vengeance. Powerful grapefruit with more delicate touches of apple and peach and a final citrusy lift on the...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This is a first-rate chardonnay from this excellent season, and it may well be the best yet from Passel Estate. On the nose, you open with what is fairly typical of the region, with its strong grapefruit, cut pear, and lime nuances, then a nutty, spicy character adding immediate aromatic complexity. It's a textured wine with good weight in the...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

It was a challenging year, yet this wine has emerged rather beautifully. There was no MJW made this year, so some pretty high-quality fruit that would have gone there has come into this excellent wine. It is 90% Gingin with a little of the clone 76. The new oak contribution has also been reduced, and it only spends a few...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This was made from a warm year, yet it was picked early and then selected to get the best fruit. It is made from Gingin clones from the old blocks planted many years ago, and for an entry-level chardonnay, it is pretty damn smart. It is fermented in concrete naturally and then into tank, with about 10% in new puncheons,...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

Now, here’s a chardonnay if you like them rich, flavoursome and concentrated. This one’s loaded with slightly toasty ripe fruit, but it’s held perfectly with some fine acidity. Generous flavours of stone fruit cream with a little toasty brioche. The palate has a crunchy minerality that cuts through the ripe stone fruit characters of nectarine and white peach. A well-presented...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

A precise, neatly crafted chardonnay with a linear structure. Aromas of lemon, grapefruit, and a trace of cumquat. The palate has lift and intensity, with flavour building into a long finish. Dry savoury notes complete a very tidy wine.