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$21.94
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All fruit was hand harvested in the cool of dawn, immediately destemmed and pressed and the juice settled in...
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$10.89
$12.13
Smooth and creamy chardonnay, with aromas of mangoes, peaches, pie crust, lemons and crushed stones. Clean and...
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$29.90
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There's an oceanic quality to the nose; lime blossom and sea shells. Fresh, evolving and textured with layered...
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$35.40
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$34.69
Immaculate, powerful, intense nose with purity and clarity of primary fruit characterised by pear, white peach, lime...
750ml
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$12.94
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$11.40
Pale straw green in colour. Yellow peach and ripe nectarine aromas with wild honey and hints of lemon myrtle. These...
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$12.99
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Packs lemon-lime and fresh herbal shadings that are crisp and firm on a compact frame, with lemon verbena lingering...
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$15.17
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Tropical fruits dance across the palate...vivacious, crisp, attractive! Crisp and succulent acid structure is...
750ml
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$13.94
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$13.66
For every bottle of The Hidden Sea that we sell, we remove and recycle 10 plastic bottles from the ocean. PALATE:...
750ml
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$39.93
6 bottles:
$39.13
Fresh and creamy with aromas of white grapefruit, thyme, lemons, sourdough and hazelnuts. Medium-bodied with...
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A mid-weighted wine that packs plenty in the bottle for the price, brimming with accents of canned peach, mango...
750ml
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$74.93
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$73.43
A dense and structured white with white peaches, honeysuckle, lemon tree, and hints lime. Full-bodied with a gorgeous...
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$16.93
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$16.59
From the masters of acid and toast (team Goodall and Carr), comes this very pure, affordable chardonnay. It gives us...
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$17.94
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$17.58
An easy drinking ‘classic’ Margaret River wine style with wonderful purity – crunchy, fruit driven,...
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$13.86
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$12.35
Aromas of fresh pear, grassy tones and melon with light passion fruit, too. Quite restrained. There’s a gently...
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Cullen Wines Chardonnay Kevin John 2022
750ml - Case of 6
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$150.14
Colour: Brilliant straw with strong green tinges.
Bouquet: Lemon and sea spray mist, lime flowers and kaffir lime,...
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Penfolds Chardonnay Bin 144 Yattarna 2011
750ml - Case of 6
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$139.79
A blend of Tasmania and Adelaide Hills material, this has a much cooler and citrusy nose, lime cordial and a very...
Chardonnay Sauvignon Blanc Australia Margaret River South Australia
Of all the white wine grape varietals, surely the one which has spread the furthest and is most widely appreciated is the Chardonnay. This green skinned grape is now grown all over the Old and New Worlds, from New Zealand to the Americas, from England to Chile, and is one of the first varietals people think of when considering white wine grapes. Perhaps this is because of its huge popularity which reached a peak in the 1990s, thanks to new technologies combining with traditional methods to bring the very best features out of the Chardonnay grape, and allow its unique qualities to shine through. Most fine Chardonnay wines use a process known as malolactic fermentation, wherein the malic acids in the grape juice are converted to lactic acids, allowing a creamier, buttery nature to come forward in the wine. No grape varietal is better suited to this process than Chardonnay, which manages to balance these silky, creamy notes with fresh white fruit flavors beautifully.
The green skinned grapes of the Sauvignon Blanc varietal had their origins in Southern France, where they are still widely grown and used for many of the excellent young and aged white wines the region is famous for. Today, however, they are grown in almost every wine producing country in the world, and are widely revered for their fresh and grassy flavors, full of tropical notes and refreshing, zesty character. Sauvignon Blanc grapes thrive best in moderate climates, and ripen relatively early in the year. This has made them a favorite for many wineries in the New World, where they can still produce healthy and high yields in the earlier part of the summer before the temperatures become too hot. Too much heat has a massively adverse effect on Sauvignon Blanc, as the grapes become dull in their flavor, and the wine produced from them loses all its unique character and high points. As such, Sauvignon Blanc farmers have had a lot of trouble from global warming and climate change, as they are being forced to harvest their crops increasingly earlier in the year when it is cool enough to do so.
Whilst most of Australia consists of arid deserts and dense bushland, the oceanic coasts to the south of the country have a terrain and climate ideal for vine cultivation and wine production. It took several decades of failed attempts at the end of the 18th century in order to produce vines of a decent enough quality for making wine, but since those first false starts, the Australian wine industry has continued to grow and grow. Today, wine production makes up for a considerable part of the Australian economy, with exports in recent years reaching unprecedented levels and even overtaking France for the first time ever. Whilst the greatest successes in regards to quality have been the result of the Syrah grape varietal (known locally as Shiraz), Australia utilizes several Old World grapes, and has had fantastic results from Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Riesling, Chardonnay and more. As the Australian passion for locally produced wine continues to develop, wineries have begun experimenting with a wider range of grape varietals, meaning that nowadays it isn't uncommon to find high quality Australian wines made from Petit Verdot, Sangiovese, Tempranillo and Viognier, amongst many others.
When it comes to the south-westerly part of Australia, the Margaret River is by far the most important and productive of the area's wine producing regions. The region itself currently has over five thousand hectares of land under vine, and there are almost one hundred and fifty wineries operating there, making the most of the humid and warm climate many experts claim is remarkably similar to that which is found in the Bordeaux region of France. Such a climate can only produce fantastic yields of grapes of exceptional quality, and indeed, Margaret River currently produces almost twenty percent of Australia's wines. Both red and white wine grapes grow in the region, with Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz, Chardonnay and Sémillon being the varietals most commonly and widely grown.
The vast region of South Australia is home to a wide variety of vineyards, growing a large range of different grape varietals. Because the South Australian wine region is so large, it benefits from a great array of climatic conditions – from dry and hot, to cool and windy – which wineries can use to their advantage when it comes to selecting the grape varietal they wish to thrive in a particular sub-region. South Australia is most commonly associated with the big, powerful and fruit-forward Shiraz wines which are produced in the cooler valley areas of the region, but recent decades have seen something of an explosion in the South Australian wine industry, leading to wineries expanding their repertoire enormously and experimenting with other fine grape varietals and making the most of their unique terroir.