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750ml
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$21.94
12 bottles:
$21.50
All fruit was hand harvested in the cool of dawn, immediately destemmed and pressed and the juice settled in...
750ml
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$17.94
12 bottles:
$17.58
Bright, pale green with washed straw hints. Mouth-watering aromas of fresh apple and white peach with floral...
750ml
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$16.66
12 bottles:
$16.33
Redolent in heaven-sent aromas of fresh and fabulous citrus, melon, peach and pear fruit notes that define Margaret...
750ml
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$29.90
12 bottles:
$29.30
There's an oceanic quality to the nose; lime blossom and sea shells. Fresh, evolving and textured with layered...
750ml
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$39.60
12 bottles:
$38.81
Immaculate, powerful, intense nose with purity and clarity of primary fruit characterised by pear, white peach, lime...
750ml
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$19.60
6 bottles:
$16.66
Fresh flavors of stone fruit, citrus, and grapefruit pith. Creamy, crème brulee-like. French oak lingers with a...
750ml
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$85.99
6 bottles:
$84.28
Fermented wild in new and used 500L puncheons; matured for 10 months with the occasional stir. Among the country's...
750ml
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$32.90
A sleek, mid-weighted & very contemporary chardonnay, embellishing a pungent mineral chassis with roasted cashew,...
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...
750ml
Bottle:
$19.94
The entry level Chard from Margaret River's oldest estate is a steal, and a stellar intro to this West Aussie style....
750ml
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$21.93
$23.20
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
6 bottles:
$73.43
A dense and structured white with white peaches, honeysuckle, lemon tree, and hints lime. Full-bodied with a gorgeous...
750ml
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$16.93
12 bottles:
$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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Cullen Wines Chardonnay Kevin John 2022
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$152.04
Colour: Brilliant straw with strong green tinges.
Bouquet: Lemon and sea spray mist, lime flowers and kaffir lime,...
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McHenry Hohnen Chardonnay Calgardup Brook 2021
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$44.87
The Chardonnay Calgardup Brook is a super impressive modern and savoury expression of Margaret River Chardonnay from...
Chardonnay Australia Barossa Margaret River Mount Lofty Ranges
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.
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.
The Barossa Valley in Australia is one of the New World's most interesting wine regions, having been established in the late 19th century by German settlers. The region benefits enormously from the relatively temperate climate, which ranges from being hot on the lower parts of the valley, to quite cool as the altitude increases on the valley slopes. Barossa Valley produces mostly Shiraz wines, and has become one of the key Australian regions for this distinctive grape varietal which has gone on to be a major grape for the Australian wine industry. Despite suffering from a poor reputation in the mid 20th century, by the 1980s, plenty of unique and forward-thinking wineries set up in Barossa to take advantage of its excellent climate, and set about producing the excellent red and white wines which the region is famed for today.
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.