A generously proportioned, single vineyard wine from the Yabby Lake property at Tuerong. Inspired by the great Chardonnays of Burgundy, Yabby Lake are an articulation of the auspicious terroir and climes of Mornington. A blend of three splendid clones, P58 from Block 1, B76 from Block 4 and the Mendoza off Blocks 1 and 6, each planted to a specific regimen of aspects and soil, are exactingly crafted and assembled. A long term commitment to producing the finest Chardonnay has achieved the creation of a truly remarkable wine.

Exclusively Mendoza clone Chardonnay, hand picked off the propitious vines at parcel 1 of the illustrious Block 6 at Yabby Lake's Tuerong vineyard on the Mornington Peninsula. Grapes are crushed and pressed along with the complete solids into a selection of seasoned and new, tightly grained 500 litre French oak puncheons, naturally vinified for three weeks through the action of wild indigenous yeasts, followed by eleven months maturation. An exotic array of applejack, citrus blossom, grapefruit pith, almond meal and flint aromas, a precise mineral intensity.

Is it from Margaret River, classicaly fruit driven and rejuvenatingly dry? you bet! Xanadu were one of the regional pioneers who made the Sauvignon Semillon blend so chic. The classic dry style of Margaret River white, offering wonderful purity of complex fruit character, a lean crisp acidity and refreshing mineral finish. A fluency in the production of this wonderfully appealing accord makes Exmoor the starting point, when seeking out a revitalizing white wine to accompany every cuisine and all good food.

On the rolling slopes of Xanadu, vines flourish in the rich, free draining gravel soils, fed by an abundant supply of pristine water and sheltered by forests of magnificent marri trees. The site was chosen for its propensity to experience near perfect ripening conditions, beautiful indian summers with cool nights and clear warm days. The vines deliver an exceptional quality of Chardonnay, which Xanadu have fashioned into a generous, forward drinking wine. Natural ferments are encouraged, lees battonage is essential, infusing added complexity and charm.

Xanadu's salubrious vineyards are at the heart of Margaret River's most prestigious viticultural precinct. Warm growing seasons with cooling sea breezes create the perfect maritime growing climes. It is here that Chardonnay takes on an added dimension that's unique to Margaret River. More concentrated and more complex, more viscous and more tangy, without being weighty or cloying. The voluptuous fruit lends itself to wild yeast ferments and luxurious lees regimens, Xanadu's award winning team are masterful at both.

Boodjidup Vineyard Viognier, the old growers trick of slicing a cane of bunches off the vine and setting the whole branch aside to dry and shrivel as the berries become engorged with flavour. The deliciously desiccated grapes are crushed and cold soaked to rehydrate the raisined fruit, pressed and sent for a month of vinification at a cool 15°C. Ferments are arrested to retain all the moreish sweetness and extraordinary complexity of cane cut Viognier. Apricot nectars, mango and lychee, her mouth watering lemon honey drop juicyness persists through to a wickedly flavourful finish.

Xabregas are all about fastidious vineyard management and exacting vinification techniques. There are no compromises in the pursuit to create the defintive Mt Barker Sauvignon Blanc. Artisan focuses on balancing the distinctive flavour profile of Sauvignon Blanc with the complexity of new oak, whilst maintaining structure over a fine boned acidity. The wine is treated to a laborious lees stirring batonage while it ages, barrel ferments contribute to the vigorous complexity and perfect integration of oak, striking the ultimate balance between vibrant fruit and artisanal styling

The Xabregas Mount Barker vineyards enjoy a microclime that's somewhat similar to some of Europe's great winegrowing districts. Riesling is afforded a great deal of respect as a grape and generally the winemaking influence is minimal, to preserve the aromatics. Artisan Riesling is the antithesis. The aim is to interact with the precision of Riesling's acidity and flavour to add complexity and most importantly texture, without overpowering the delicate fruit.

Wynns have earned a soild reputation for delivering Coonawarra's most refined and elegant Riesling. From a region that's renowned for the peerless quality of its world class varietal reds, Wynns have demonstrated that Coonawarra can also make compelling white wines of the highest order. Sitting confidently at the riper end of the fruit spectrum, exuding exquisite citrus florals and an attractive honeysuckle lift, in a style which contrasts favourably to the classically mineral structured Rieslings from higher elevation, cooler climes.

While the wood treatment in Wynns Chardonnay has gradually been reduced over the years, the style of oak is refined and plays an important but subtle role, enhancing the varietal characters through the use of techniques which ensure complexity. As a young wine it displays vital expressions of fresh cut melon, figs and citrus fruit finely balanced by vanillin oak. Hints of butterscotch and roasted nuts evolve as the wine ages. The enduring tradition continues at Wynns, a highly attractive Chardonnay that's immediately enjoyable yet ages magnificently.

The Wilyabrup subregion of Margaret River is widely acclaimed by industry pundits as the source of Australia's finest Chardonnay. Woodland's consuming ambition is to create wines which emulate the great vineyards of the world. There is less than a hectare of low yielding Chardonnay at Woodlands and output is highly limited. Woodlands is produced exclusively from Mendoza, the clone that made Margaret River famous for Chardonnay. A luxurious regimen of lees stirring and new oak fermentation adds mouth filling textures and rich complexity.

Hand picked off a precious hectare of vines, planted to a felicitious bequeath of deep loam topsoils over clay, along the crest of a southerly slope at the very heart of the Woodland vineyards. Grapes are shunted up the hill to the Woodland wineworks for immediate pressing, wild indigenous yeast ferments and ten months lees stirring battonage in fine oak. Opulent yet refined, fragrant of chamomile and honeysuckle grapefruits, abundant with orchard characters, roasted hazelnuts and maritime salinity, a pebble and oyster shell minerality which conjures up tradewinds and briny tropical seas.

Welcome Margaret River Chardonnay of exuberance and profound weight of fruit, treated to the best in luxury French oak. The Atticus Finch range is small in volume yet imposing in depth and breadth, only ever produced of the finest vintages, an elite site which provided harvests to the most prestigious brands. Biological farming is a passion at Clairault, the achievement being the highest quality Chardonnay, only the healthiest grapes are picked, a portion are included as whole bunches, oak fermented in a high proportion of French barriques, rested for malolactic and a judicious term of age.

Wolf Blass have been producing many of Australia's finest white wines for over thirty years, receiving thousands of awards at international competitions. Their highly specialized Chardonnay vineyards are amongst the estate's most precious assets, the fruit from these choice sites translates into wines that are generously flavoured and always satisfying. Yellow Label delivers the right balance of Chardonnay orchard fruit flavours as supported by delicately integrated oak. Drink in its youth to enjoy the bright fresh flavours.

Designed to be early drinking and refreshing, in a clean unwooded styling, Red Label defines the consistency of quality for which Wolf Blass is renowned. Crisp and refreshing with the tantalizing melon, stonefruit and mango flavours of fine Chardonnay, the absence of any oak allows the unadulterated varietal characters to shine through, fresh and lively with good weight of fruit and excellent length of palate.

An equitable balance of Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc, in the distinctively Australian style of forward drinking white. Crafted by Australia's favourite winemaker, Red Label displays the same excellence of nose and palate which has become the hallmark of Wolf Blass. Generous with varietal fruit flavours, the Semillon contributes down to earth characters of minerality and flint, Sauvignon Blanc adds passionfruit and herbaceousness. Red Label is fresh, fruity and clean with a subtle hint of spice before a most pleasant, lingering finish.

The uniquely Australian mix of Chardonnay and Semillon in vibrant drink now styling. Wolf Blass can offer an appealing classic dry white wine that's slightly more approachable and satisfying than most. Whilst the unique varietal expressions of each grape are present and distinct, they combine into a delightfully tight palate, beautifully balanced to complement each other. Superb as a sipping wine and excellent with food, a good all rounder that's fruit driven yet refreshingly dry, enhanced by a suppleness of creamy oak and crisp minerality.

By the most accomplished maker of satisfying and accessible white wines. Wolf Blass drinks beautifully as a refreshing aperitif style, it also matches traditional white wine faire perfectly. A lightly oaked Chardonnay wine with a forward drinking palate of healthy, crisp and clean fruit. Creamy with a touch of oak, endowed by varietal citrus, stonefruits and cashew, the Chardonnay of choice, to be enjoyed lightly chilled in its youth.

There is a tradition of quality, character and consistency that Wolf Blass brings to bear in the delicate Gold Label Riesling. Eden Valley's distinctive Riesling wines are famous throughout the world for all the right reasons. The wines are sensationally crisp and seamlessly integrated, so well harmonized in fact that whilst all the exciting varietal characters are discernible, they're integrated in a way that's completely sublime. A magnificent match to scallops or roast turkey with traditional stuffing.

Exclusively Adelaide Hills Chardonnay? You bet, it's a Wolf and it's nothing but the finest, in a modern adults only styling. Wolf Blass captures the affinity between Adelaide's Hills and Chardonnay, fashioning a vital wine with crunchy fruit characters and solid structure. High altitudes and a cool climate make Adelaide Hills the ideal location for Chardonnay, where the grapes develop elegant flavours while retaining cleansing natural acidity. Extended time resting on yeast lees adds creamy textures and exciting mouthfeel.

The white wines of Wolf Blass are renowned for their fresh fruit flavours, the Rieslings in particular are amongst Australia's most consistent, widely enjoyed white wines. An endowment of the finest vineyards, many were planted decades ago and are now very mature, provide harvests of splendid quality fruit. Eaglehawk is a perennial wine show performer, even at such an approachable tier of the Wolf Blass hierarchy, it represents one of the nation's most reliable Riesling wines.

Ever since inaugural release, Eaglehawk have represented value and reliability. Crafted by an award winning team, Eaglehawk remains consistent to the Wolf Blass traditions of quality, consistency and style. In 1966 Wolf Blass named his nascent winery Bilyara, the Aboriginal word for eaglehawk, to this day an image that's synonymous with Wolf Blass. Fully ripened harvests of Chardonnay, sourced off the finest vineyards, are assembled into a wine that's the perfect accompaniement to all occasions and will flatter your favourite cuisine.

Wither Hills work toward the philosophy that the finest wines are always created in the vineyard. The secret of Wither Hills success lies in a commitment to reflect exactly what nature has endowed Marlborough, to deliver a distinctly exhilarating experience. A wine of remarkable intensity, captivating flavour profiles of great persistence, with a degree of elegance rarely seen in Sauvignon Blanc. Distinctive herbaceous and gooseberry aromas support a wonderfully balanced palate, presenting purity of ripe fruit, before a lingering, harmonious finish.

The provident vineyards of Wairau Valley are at the very heart of Marlborough central, planted to auspicious alluvial terrains and drenched by the most opportune sunshine in all Aotearoa. It is here that the congenial growing seasons yield a quality of Pinot Noir with supple tannins and brightly lit fruit, lending itself perfectly to vintages of engaging Rosé. Wither Hills set aside those parcels which can best articulate the fine structure and freshness of a comely pink wine, fashioned into a style that drinks exquisitely alongside Al fresco and smart cosmopolitan fare.

When Wither Hills make wine, they place great emphasis on striking a balance, to ensure that palate and nose, texture and complexity, all make an equal contribution to the experience. It is to this end, that the talented team, turn to the most salubrious Wairau Valley vineyards for the pick of the Marlborough crop. The Pinot Gris of choice, to share around the patio, watching the sun go down, over a platter of tasty nibbles, to the accompaniement of merry repartee.

The Wither Hills Rarangi, Benmorven and St Leonards Chardonnay vineyards, along with the eminent Fairleigh and Kerseley properties, are strategically sited on some of the most opportune sites around Wairau Valley. Night time temperatures can be cool, which is ideal for flavour development. The aim is to produce a structured wine with mouthfilling flavours, distinctively Marlborough, expressing the region's charm. Barrel fermented and matured in French oak, drinking well on release, Wither Hills will reward all devotees of fine New Zealand Chardonnay.

The fundamentals of success at Witchmount were sowed through the establishment of superior vineyards and a highly accomplished viticultural team. Crafted from parcels of hand picked fruit, gently pressed and treated to indigenous yeast ferments, followed by six months of luxurious, lees stirring battonage in a selection of the finest French oak. A satiating melody of jasmine florals and lemon curd richness, over lovely creamy textures, Olivia's Paddock strikes the perfect balance between bold fruit character, fawning oak and crisp orchard acidity.

The undulating mesoclimes of Sunbury are markedly flatter that the precipitous hillsides of neighbouring Yarra Ranges, brisk winds and drying breezes tend to concentrate flavour in the grapes and produce wines of wonderful intensity. Witchmount have trained their pampered vineyard, to yield a very special quality of Sauvignon Blanc. Generous ripe, tropical fruits are complimented by just a hint of fresh cut grass, the nose makes a promise and the palate delivers, a balanced, clean and crisp finish, an exquisite freshness throughout.

Cool balmy climes and close husbanding of vines are essential for splendid Pinot Gris wines which engage the palate while calling for cuisine. Pampered parcels of grey Pinot grapes are treated to a natural indigenous yeast ferment, a course of maturation on fluffy lees and term of age in fine French oak, bottled unfined for maximum sauvage. Steeped on skins for optimal uptake of the distinctive Gris blush, its comely copper hues and Anzac biscuit nose, precedes a food friendly palate of baked cloven pears and crunchy Granny Smith acidity.

Half Chardonnay, the balance in Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Gris, this is not the first time that such an unlikely cépage of fruit have been assembled into a single wine. The results are always revitalizing and delish, Witchmount can rely on the finest parcels of fragrant white grapes to achieve an engagingly aromatic wine of lithe guava, peanut brittle and lychee perfumes. Have it chilled to serve alongside pork and fennel lasagna or a nice smoked trout, the stylish mix of grapes make a wine of juicy textural grip and crisp natural acidity.

Is it any wonder that this wine has slipped into McLaren Vale vernacular as Scrubby White? While the satiatingly mouthfilling mix of grapes may twist tongues, it also offers a rich array of fruit flavours, lead by a whoosh of refitalizing Adelaide Hills fruit, to inspire the most apathetic palate. Crisp, tantalizingly complex and delightfully fresh, Wirra Wirra complete the puzzle and give you something to ponder over a glass of judiciously chilled white, while you wrestle with the words Scrubby, Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc.

Scrubby Rise is a significant part of the Wirra Wirra estate vineyards. Originally bushland, it's now anything but scrubby, it does however continue to produce wines which rise to every occasion. Formerly known as Sexton's Acre, this Chardonnay has always been a defacto member of the Scrubby Rise range. Refreshingly unoaked, it's for all those who like their wine to reflect the vineyard, not the trees, just a celebration of natural Chardonnay fruit character.

In 1947, Wirra Wirra patriarch Greg Trott lost the only watch he ever owned, from that day forth he never bothered with wearing a timepiece again. Confdent to the end that he could tell time by the sun, Trott was notoriously always late, hours and even days. Fortunately, his great legacy to the nation was unhurried and unstrained, to make great wine, one needs to ignore the clock and allow the magic of nature to determine its own course. Adelaide Hills Riesling at its finest, left to its own as it slowly vinifies over the course of weeks, without the distractions of a clock.

Greg Trott, the man who nursed Wirra Wirra back to health and re-introduced the estate's noble wines to the world, was a wanderer. A simple run to the local shops might evolve into an interstate luncheon. He would return a day or so later, bemused by the fuss. It seemed to all, that Trott was in training to become Olympic Hiding Champion and it became part of the folklore at Wirra Wirra. Sauvignon Blanc is sourced from Jeff and Ann Gower's spectacular Yandra Vineyard at Lenswood in Adelaide Hills and vinified into a rejuvenating, stylish young wine.

Wirra Wirra patriarch Greg Trott venerated cricket as the most noble of pursuits. He even built his very own concrete pitch at the family farm to emulate his heroes. Trotty aspired to wearing the famous baggy green cap of the national team, even if only to carry the drinks as twelfth man. It's a certainty that if the drinks tray offered Wirra Wirra, Trott would have been warmly welcomed as an essential member of the team. A sensation in Adelaide Hills Chardonnay, richly barrel fermented, a match to the freshest seafood or seared white meat recipes.

The quiet achievers in Yarra Valley Chardonnay, De Bortoli have been husbanding the choicest sites for decades, all the while training their vines to yield harvests of increasingly higher quality fruit. Windy Peak can now make available to fine wine enthusisats with an eye for value, a quality of Chardonnay without peer. For all adherents of fine and approachable new world Chardonnay, Windy Peak is richly structured, a regimen of extravagant vinification techniques contribute exceptional balance to the finished wine.

Mostly Sauvignon Blanc with a component of Semillon which contributes alluring mineral aromas, a drying slatey palate and superb textural mouthfeel.

A delicious new world interpretation of Italy's most food friendly white wine grape, yet with more body than it's continental siblings, fully aromatic with heightened flavour profiles and pronounced varietal fruit. King Valley offers the ideal aspects and most conducive microclimes for growing Pinot Grigio, so very similar to the grape's original home in Veneto and Trentino. Generous in flavour and highly textural, in the tradition of the finest old world styles of Pinot Grigio, Windy Peak is just perfect for bringing out the best in all good food.

An exciting style, vinified from a complex cepage of varietal grapes by the ever progressive Windy Peak. The crispness of Sauvignon Blanc is toned down by the warming stonefruit flavours of Pinot Grigio and dry flintyness of Semillon. The mix is further revved up by some Sardininan savouriness and zest, courtesy of a splash Vermentino. Match Windy Peak with pasta and shellfish, a Vietnamese pho or marinated and barbequed rosemary quail.