Louis Jadot has accrued generations of experience managing the fruit of Burgundy's growers. The different geological strata, alongside the many variations of the Jurassic limestone clay soil, give the wines of Le Bourgogne their richness, diversity and distinctiveness. Saint Veran is a small commune within the Maconnais region, to the north are Pouilly-Fuisse, Pouilly-Loche and Pouilly-Vinzelles. The dominance of pure, single varietal wines is an inviolable Burgundian sacrament. A generous Chardonnay with completely engaging, savoury fruit palate.

The Adelaide Hills are a place of breathtaking natural beauty, native gums flourish with wild abandon amongst the closely husbanded Longview vines, a sight rarely seen in Australian viticulture. Wild yeasts and natural ferments in an extravagantly high proportion of new barriques, a course of lees stirring battonage achieves a multi dimensional Chardonnay with luxurious mouthfeel, handsomely layered with juicy nectarine and ripe white peach flavours over a pristine acid line. Its gentle spice and moreishly creamy finish is enriched by the fragrant coconut of fine French oak.

Yering Station can boast of a long and mutually propitious association with Chardonnay, its rootstock has been called upon to establish many Victorian vineyards. An entry level into the noble house of Yering Station, nothing is ever done in half measures here, the vines are all fully mature and many of the grapes for Little Yering are picked by hand, the finished wine is aged exclusively in French oak. Fashioned to the enduring fruit forward Yarra Valley style, a well proportioned Chardonnay offering refined bouquets, intense flavours and lingering concentration.

Hunter Valley Chardonnay at its best, Lindeman were at the very genesis of Hunter Valley viticulture and have husbanded the finest vineyards for generations. Lindeman's can also be thanked for introducing Australian Chardonnay to the world. Well defined with textural lemon curd, peaches and regional lime complexity, time spent in a selection of seasoned French oak barrels and an extravagant course of lees stirring battonage, has infused the palate and brought luxurious mid palate richness.

The inspiration behind Lillydale Chardonnay is to collate a series of components which speak of the terroir whence they came, assembling them into a complete wine, which expresses the Yarra Valley as a whole. Richly barrel fermented and treated to a luxuriant lees stirring, Lillydale reveals long orchard fruit characters, defining the tastefully oaked Yarra Valley Chardonnay style.

Lightfoot & Sons are made exclusively from Myrtle Point fruit, where the vines are stimulated by cool and balmy, semi maritime climes. Fashioned exclusively from harvests of home vineyard Chardonnay, for the realization of a magnificently complex and well proportioned wine with the structure and palate weight to accompany roasts white meats. Generous stone fruit and citrus characters complement the textural richness achieved through classy barrel ferments, lees stirring and maturation in the finest French oak puncheons and barriques.

One of Yarra Valley's flagship editions in superior, single vineyard Chardonnay, exactingly crafted from an outstanding parcel, known as Block 2 within the Lightfoot & Sons Myrtle Point property. A big burgundian style with weighty palate and outstanding length, driven by powerful orchard fruit complexity, supported by textural and seductive, creamy oak richness. The pick of Myrtle Point's Dijon clone B96 Chardonnay is treated to a wild indigenous yeast vinification and term of age in a selection of cassy French oak, a mere hundred dozen are produced.

Leeuwin are particularly adept at vinifying world class Chardonnay, the estate's flagship is Langtons Classified, a member of the most elite rank in Australian wine. On three occasions, Leeuwin have been listed on the Wine & Spirits International Winery of Year and included in the prestigious 1OO Vins De Legende. Prelude Vineyard is an elite site, closely managed by the highly decorated Chardonnay artificers at Leeuwin, to yield a tghtly focused wine with layers of impeccably clean flavour, a remarkable balance and exquisite style.

Exceptional Langtons Classification. Great wines are born in great vineyards. At Leeuwin the viticulturist and winemaker work hand in hand throughout the winemaking process. Variations and deficiencies in the individual blocks have not been completely corrected so that the wine reflects the soil. Block 20 forms the backbone of Art Series. The young wine begins with true varietal power of great delicacy which requires up to twelve months lees contact in new French oak to draw out the complexity, losing none of that essential balance in the process.

Exceptional Langtons Classification. Art Series is a finely balanced Chardonnay, the result of very low yielding vines matched by subtle vinification techniques to preserve the natural palate richness. A regimen of new French oak complements the fruit, providing a wonderful balance of warm toasty flavours. Art Series shows remarkable restraint and lovely youthful freshness, a well focused palate with lingering finish of citrus blossoms, the palate develops a great weight of fruit and fine length of flavour that persists in the mouth minutes after drinking.

Much of the philosophy at Leabrook centres around creating wines which are excellent as a compliment to good food. The finest Chardonnay are renowned for their innate affinity to cuisine, Leabrook defines the ultimate in styling, immensely food friendly while offering serious palate weight, superior length and remarkable elegance. From the Mawsons Ridge vineyard at Forest Range in the hills above Adelaide, the fruit of low yielding vines is essential, a remarkable wine of impeccable balance, pristine elegance and superior length.

Marlborough based Spencer Hill have lead the new wave of New Zealand Chardonnay, claiming multi trophys at the International Chardonnay Challenge, Liquorland Top 1OO, London International and Air NZ Wine Awards. Latitude 41 is assembled from parcels grown to good vineyards in Marlborough and along Nelson River, a full bodied Chardonnay with layers of fruit and bold expression of terroir that speaks of it's origin. A course of ferments in highly vanilla spiced French oak and course of lees exposure, builds structure and adds superb mouthfeel.

Internationally lauded and perennially feted as one of North Island's leading marques, the inception of Kumeu River was at the very genesis of New Zealand's fledgling wine industry. Kumeu River are one of the North Island's most artisanal, premiere winemaking estates, with a reputation for the finest Chardonnay. Village offers real purity and finesse, supple, refreshing and beautifully concentrated. Vinified purely from the free run juices of the first press, achieving a particularly supple wine with very fine textures, simply delicious to drink.

Kooyong Estate was established with a view to craft the most articulate wines, minimal harvests from measured blocks which are defined by their eloquence. There's less than a half hectare of vines earmarked for Faultline, a place of propitious deep clay soils which yield Chardonnay of exquisite earthy characters, great depth and fuller, richer palate. Hand picked grapes are gently whole bunch pressed into French oak barriques for a spontaneous ambient yeast ferment, followed by a year's maturation on sedimentery yeast lees, bottled unfined and minimal filtration.

Port Phillip Estate is situated at Red Hill, very near the heart of beautiful Mornington Peninsula. Farrago is a single hectare, gently sloped block planted to mottled clay soils and ironstone pebbles, a highly auspicious terroir for Chardonnay, which invigorates the vines and infuses grapes with luxurious minerality and well defined linearity. Parcels of hand picked fruit are gently whole bunch pressed into French oak barriques for a wild indigenous yeast ferment, followed by a year's maturation, racked for clarity and a minimal filtration to preserve the integrity of a resplendent vineyard.

Consistently one of Mornington's very best, a meticulously crafted single vineyard Chardonnay, from fruit grown to 3½ coddled hectares at Tuerong. Kooyong is a true domain in viticultural terms, founders Chris and Gail Aytward were inspired to establish vines on a very special piece of terroir, chosen for its potential to produce quality fruit. The vineyard itself was husbanded from the ground up, with a view to growing Mornington's finest Chardonnay. A fully engaging, richly barrel fermented, mineral and quartz style of new world Chardonnay.

Sandro Mosele has established himself as a tour de force on Mornington Peninsula, making better and better, ever more interesting Chardonnay wines, across a spectrum of sites and clone. Avail yourself of the entry level into the House of Kooyong, one of Australia's most artisanal Chardonnay specialists, fashioned to the big dry styles of Burgundy's magnificent Cote du Beaune. Exactingly crafted from an assemblage of fruit, hand picked and meticulously sorted, off the eminent Kooyong and Ballewindi vineyards.