Although renowned for premium Riesling production, Frankland Estates winemaking team is also deft hands with Chardonnay, producing this very modern style with real purity and finesse. In the glass: Mid lemon.On the nose: Peach, melon, grilled nuts and gun flint. On the palate: Medium bodied yet packed with ripe peach, white melon, ginger and roasted cashew, bright refreshing acidity and a seductive creamy texture. Long, refined and juicy.

Fresh, yet nuanced, this lightly oaked Chardonnay offers an appealing balance of fresh stone fruit, with an underlying nuttiness.

When Giuseppe and Pietro Simi immigrated to Northern California, they settled in Sonoma County because it reminded them of their native Tuscany where wine had been made for centuries. In 1876, they founded SIMI in Healdsburg, California. Today, there still making wine from diverse Sonoma County grapes in the same stone cellar built in 1890. The palate is zesty with fresh flavours of tangerine, lemon curd, stone fruit, white peach and nectarine framed by sweet toast and vanilla followed with wet-stone minerality and orange peel on the finish. GOLD Medal | San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition 2017.

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

Since the early 90's, Penfolds have been producing Chardonnay from the cool climate region of Tumbarumba. The Chardonnay is elegant with white florals, stone fruits and a great acidity structure. Maturation in French Oak gives the Bin 311 a subtle nutty savoury flavour through and through. A great all season wine for all sorts of occasions.

Combining the very best cool climate Chardonnay growing regions in Australia, Tumbarumba, Yarra Valley, Margaret River, Adelaide Hills and Pemberton. This 2015 Hardys HRB Chardonnay delivers the power, drive and finesse that is attained through careful blending. Displaying intense citrus and stone fruit aromas and balanced by complex barrel fermented creaminess, the finish is both long and focused, delivering a powerful end to an exhilarating wine. Enjoy now or cellar for up to 10 years.

The citrus rind and grapefuit lead the palate to an overall fine yet textural journey. Cape Mentelle Chardonnay had this distinctive minerally line too, apparent with focussed refreshing acidity. Faint nuancesof soft nougat and cashews also add to what is a harmonious balance and an elegant and length finish.

Forester Estate Chardonnay is a refreshing fruit-driven wine. Pale lemon green in colour with intense roasted nuts, honey, ripe peach and a hint of smoky oak with lingering MLF on the nose. It is medium body with similar profile from the nose. Classic acidity structures with a toasty yet deliciously creamy finish.

Stonier is a master of regularly providing excellent cool-climate Mornington Chardonnay at a very reasonable price, the last coule of vintages proving to be exceptional! Fresh and delicate with sherbet and citrus flavours, short term cellaring will be repaid.

Kooyong Clonale Chardonnay has a complex nose with citrus varietal aromas meshed with classy oak. Seamless and creamy on the palate with long, fine cool-climate flavours. Another cracking wine from Sandro Mosele that just oozes quality.