Pears, stone fruit and citrus gives way to a creamy, nutty middle and fresh acidity to close.

Sourced from neighouring vineyards in the Maconnaise area Burgundy, Latour produces a vibrant and zesty French Chardonnay without the hedonistic price tag. The flavours are mouthfilling and lingering and clean acidity rounds out the finish - a perfect seafood wine.

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.

'Wow Tangy mixed citrus peel and complex white stonefruit smelling; subtle flintiness and icy cold quartz. Amazing the mouth too: intense, long, edgy and mouth-sucking. So complex and charged with energy that descriptors elude.' (2012 Vintage) - 97/100. - Australian Financial Review, 29 Aug 2014.

An elegant, vibrant and fragrant nose with lemon, lime and pear in the foreground. Notes of peach blossom and subtle jasmine create lift and combines with cardamom pod, almond meal and roasted cashew. The palate has immense purity, with power and persistence. Lime and lemon pith define the palate, which carries through to a delicately layered middle, threaded with a fine mineral spine. Sesame seed and blanched almonds enhance complexity, finishing with a sparkling acid structure. This wine has energy in its youth, and will build texture with cellaring.

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.

Wolf Blass White Label Chardonnay is the flagship white wine for the prestigious Wolf Blass winery. Released as a matured wine, this award-winning Chardonnay shows aromas and flavours of white peach and just a whiff of gunflint. Great use of French oak barriques gives the wine a lovely toasty complexity with out overt woody flavours. Right at it's precise drinking optimum, simply delicious.

FOXES ISLAND By John Belsham Chardonnay, Marlborough

Mornington Peninsula's Jones Road Chardonnay shows restraint, but a focused style with grapefruit, peach and nectarine notes. Subtle oak maturation flavours tie it all together.