Andrew Garrett is fashioned to express the vitality of the ripe fruit whence it originates. A soft, well balanced wine with generous flavours enhanced by subtle oak, retaining the attractive varietal characters of the Chardonnay grape. Wines that bear the Andrew Garrett brand reflect a personal commitment to quality and many years experience. Whether it's music or food, good company or a great bottle of wine, it's all about taking the time to look after yourself and unwind. Enjoy Andrew Garrett Chardonnay with warm friends, cool tunes and hot jazz.

$1299each $153DOZEN EACH DOZEN Andrew Garrett is committed to extensive, long term viticultural development and environmentally sustainable winemaking in Australia. The fruitgrowers and winemakers manage the vineyards with care and devotion. An ensemble of physiologically ripe parcels of fruit were sourced from premium vineyards to compose this stylish wine. Grapes are selected from good vineyards earmarked for their propensity to yield fruit of generous flavour profiles and consistent quality. Fruit is crushed and the skins are removed to amplify the bright varietal characters. After inoculation to select yeasts and a long, cool fermentation the wine is assembled and lightly filtered before bottling. Approx 13.5%

Pale gold in colour. A bouquet of ripe peaches before a palate showing rich fruit characters tempered by crisp, fresh acidity and just a hint of oak. Notes of ripe peach and melon, tropical fruits and citrus harmonise on the deep, elegant palate. The balance between acid and fruit, light oak and varietal fruit, is impeccable, the milky oak enhances but does not dominate. Refreshing and flavoursome, enjoy with seafood and poultry, pasta or spicy Asian. Enjoy life, enjoy Andrew Garrett.

Pure Clare Valley Chardonnay, some of it from blocks which can trace a lineage back to the original Quelltaler vineyards, the first Aussie wine ever formally served to the UK House of Commons! Annie's Lane recounts the legend of a local lass who operated a mobile canteen in the Clare Valley, providing sandwiches and warm drinks to harvesters and pruners working in the vineyard.

$1699each $201DOZEN EACH DOZEN Annie's Lane cuts through one of the Clare Valley's first vineyards. To this day, the Annie's Lane team retain some of the most distinguished sites and secure the best quality grapes. Harvests of Chardonnay are sourced which can weigh in with the smallest berries, show great colour and offer the biggest flavours. Some thinning of the vines during the growing season keeps the fruit flavours and palate weight developing. Following the crush, unclarified juices are left to settle and racked off lees before a portion is fermented in oak, combining the bright fruit driven characters with a touch of nutty, leesy complexity. The remainder is tank vinified, slow and cool, retaining the vital regional charm of Clare Valley Chardonnay.

Pale straw with green hues. Aromas of peach and cinnamon develop into lively varietal flavours across the soft and full flavoured palate. Citrus notes, grapefruit and integrated background oak characters create complexity. Enjoy Annies Lane with Alfresco cuisine and chicken pasta recipes.

Raise a glass to Banrock Station, knowing that proceeds from every drop are donated to environmental projects around the world. The Banrock Station vineyards were developed out of a severely degraded property after a century of sheep grazing. Banrock today are a showcase of sustainable viticulture, employing solar power and renewable materials, leaving a minimal environmental footprint. The cleanest, healthiest grapes are vinified into a fully flavoured, generous Chardonnay wine, without the addition of any sulphur or preservatives whatsoever.

$1499each $177DOZEN EACH DOZEN If you love fine wine, you'll appreciate Banrock Station's commitment to the good earth whence it comes. A massive undertaking has seen the area's native wetlands and woodlands restored, creating a healthy environment for the nurture of the cleanest and greenest Chardonnay vines. Native birds flock to the property and it is also a site for eco-tourism. Banrock Station takes care to select healthy grapes of the highest quality, showing concentrated flavours and zesty acid. Fruit and wine, throughout all stages of vinification, are handled gently, with meticulous care to avoid exposure to elements which may cause spoilage. At no stage in the process is any preservative SO2 added. Approx 12.5%

Pale straw colour. Intense aromas of citrus and peach with hints of tropical notes, spicy vanilla bean over a light influence of supple oak. The palate is rich, generous and complex, displaying juicy fruit salad flavours, peaches, melons and honeydew. A soft and creamy medium bodied, textural wine, showing balanced acids and excellent length. Lingers long and satisfying, an excellent food friendly Chardonnay, enjoy alongside flavourful seafood and chicken recipes.

Adelaide Hills are but an hour's drive from Bleasdale but the style of Chardonnay grown to the cool ripening aspects of elevated, undulating hillsides is a world away from that grown to the Bleasdale property at Langhorne Creek. The Adelaide Hills style is distinctly crisper and more aromatic, one could say it even tastes chilled at room temperature. An extravagant course of barrel ferments, wild yeast vinification and lees exposure makes a richly textured Chardonnay wine with good colour, savoury vanillan aromatics and solid palate structure.

$1699each $201DOZEN EACH DOZEN Bleasdale is Australia's most enduring family operated wineries, tracing it's establishment to 1858 when Frank Potts planted his vines on the banks of Bremer River. He named his property after Reverend John Ignatius Bleasdale who advocated a sober, wine drinking community to the exclusion of hard spirits. A sound business case indeed. Sauvignon Blanc grapes are hand picked from choice Adelaide Hills sites and gently whole bunch pressed directly to French oak barrels. Fermentations are inititated by wild indigenous yeasts from the vineyard still present on the skins, followed by a regimen of lees stirring battonage and nine months maturation before bottling. Alcohol 13.0%

Light straw yellow colour. The big, steely nose displays complex aroma of stonefruits and citrus, almond, tapioca and meal. A creamy palate with layers of melon, nectarine and golden delicious flavours, a touch of biscuit and lemon/ almond notes before a crisp, drying and savoury fruit filled finish. A revitalizing style for contemporary palates, the Chardonnay of choice to enjoy alongside prawns or shitake chicken tortelli.

The benchmark in Langhorne Creek Chardonnay, vinified from the choicest parcels of fruit grown to some of the nation's most fertile soils. Whilst Bleasdale is steeped in the history of Australian red winemaking, it maintains a flair for impressive whites. A dry unwooded style showing attractive fresh lingering flavours of pear juice, melons and peaches. This is a wine to enjoy while it is young and lively, match with chicken and seafood dishes for maximum enjoyment. Bleasdale is full, round and lively, with a soft, creamy texture and inspired, lingering flavours.

$1699each $201DOZEN EACH DOZEN Founded in 1850, Bleasdale make honest, consistent, reliable wines which are enjoyed throughout the world. The vineyards are situated on the fertile flood plains of the Bremer River, which runs parallel to Langhorne Creek. The region still experiences natural floods from the high rainfall that gushes out of the Adelaide Hills and heads towards the sea from time to time. The deluge gives vines a deep soaking drink just before the parching Australian summer. Bleasdale is treated to a cold temperature controlled fermentation with select yeasts, followed by prompt bottling to achieve a well balanced Chardonnay with fruit dominance and good complexity while retaining vibrant aromatics. Alcohol 13.5%

Pale yellow colour. Aromas of citrus and peach, delicate fragrances of honey dew and granny smith. A palate of bright varietal characters showing pear, lemon and melons.

The superb Laira Vineyard was established by Captain Stentiford in 1893 on a premium parcel of choice Coonawarra Terra rossa soils. Pioneer and patron of the Coonawarra, Eric Brand became custodian of the vineyard more than half a century later. Today, Brand's Laira are widely regarded as some of the region's best plantings, producing wines of exceptional quality as evidenced by their consistent wine show success. The distinctive small berries of the vineyard lead to below average yields, translating into wines with intense fruit characters.

$1699each $201DOZEN EACH DOZEN Fruit is harvested in the cool of early morning and immediately pressed, only the free run juices being utilised. After cold settling and racking to clarify, vinification is initiated. The fermenting juices are then transferred to fine grained French oak barrels, a portion of which are new, for completion. One component is selected to undergo a natural or wild fermentation another component is treated to malolactic which gives the wine greater complexity and flavour. Laira remains on yeast lees and is matured in barrel with weekly stirring of the lees conducted to give the wine a creamy texture and flavour. The individual parcels are assessed and assembled before filtration and bottling.

Pale straw gold with green hues. Perfumed nose displaying creamy peach and stone fruit aromas, guava and peach, complemented by some mineral notes, creamy butterscotch and cashew nut oak from barrel ferments and maturation. The fruit driven palate is complex, smooth and rounded with a balanced acid structure. It displays peach and nectarine primary fruit accompanied by creamy cashew nut characters derived from ageing on lees and malolactic. The finish is long with fine, lingering fruit flavours. A refreshing Chardonnay, brimming with approachability and poise, to mate with fine gourmandise, such as a baked walnut and tarragon crusted trout.

Chardonnay flourishes in the Adelaide Hills where the fruit can realize it's full potential. Located in Balhannah, Lenswood, Forreston and the Piccadilly Valley, the hand tended Bridgewater Mill Vineyards are all over fifteen years old. The unique combination of a chilly climate, diverse soils and natural elevation, all play a major part in making Bridgewater Mill so special. Dominated by varietal fruit, complex and layered through careful vineyard selection and purposeful winemaking techniques, to best express a focused regional wine.

$2499each $297DOZEN EACH DOZEN Premium Chardonnay fruit from the warmer fringes to the coolest valleys on a variety of soil types. Grapes are hand picked from mid March to early April and delivered to the nearby Petaluma winery in Piccadilly. The best parcels are chilled and whole bunch pressed, whilst the remainder are crushed, de-stemmed and chilled on their way to the press. The fresh juices are settled by gravity to insulated tanks and racked relatively clean after ten days. Seeded with Petaluma's select yeast culture, fermentation in a combination of French oak barriques and steel tanks. With the exception of all whole bunch parcels, the Chardonnay underwent malolactic with lees stirring whilst maturing for a further four months in barrique.

A mid yellow colour, green tinge. The wine displays citrus and white stone fruit aromas with subtle yeast characters and integrated nutty oak. Virile aromas of clove and apple strudel, some anise and white pepper. On the palate with some recognizeble features of nashi pair and mastika, vanillan and cashew, toastyness and grainy, oatmeal expressions. Appealing, and eminently suited to Al fresco dining.

A luxury Chardonnay crafted at one of the Mclaren Vale's oldest operating wineries. Originally intended for labelling under one of Australia's most internationally recognized brands and destined for consumption by the most discerning Chardonnay enthusiasts. An intensely flavoured wine with a complex and engaging palate that belies its packaging and pricepoint, it carries the essential expression of premium McLaren Vale fruit, fashioned to an extravagant vinification and cellared at the winery for extended ageing and development.

$999each $117DOZEN EACH DOZEN An assemblage of Chardonnay grown to choice McLaren Vale vineyards which are the source to some of the region's most distinguished wines. Classic and traditional vinification techniques were employed to retain the character of the superior quality fruit and to achieve elegance in the final wine. Whole bunches were transferred through an air bag press which gently breaks the grapes, allowing the juices to run freely, while harsh tannins are not released. Treated to inoculation and fermentation in a combination of French oak barriques and enriched by a regular lees stirring, leading to a full flavoured wine of great depth, a luxurious mouthfeel and abundant complexity.

Pale straw colour with green hues. Lifted fragrant aromas of ripe melons and peach, custard cream, lemons and spicy oak. A soft and rich palate showcases full flavours of rock melon, guava and white peach. A fresh, clean, lemon acid structure combines with underlying oak characters, leading to a smooth and rounded finish. The perfect match to spatchcock under garlic cloves, or ripe, runny cheeses.

You'll see plenty of olive trees alongside the d'Arenberg roadsides, flourishing around the vines. McLaren Vale is littered with olive groves which were planted by the first settlers. While neighbouring table grape growers consider olive trees a nuisance, local winemakers are thankful for the bittersweet nuances which the tiny green stonefruits impart to the wine. Chester Osborn determines the critical time of picking his Chardonnay, which is treated to wild ferments and lees stirring, for a rich textural wine with savoury aromas and good palate complexity.

$1499each $177DOZEN EACH DOZEN Juice are gently extracted from grapes to retain the delicate Chardonnay characters. Under the insistence of chief winemaker Chester Osborn, fruit parcels are all kept separate, and once crushed, free run juices are cold soaked on skins at 2°C for up to twenty hours prior to basket pressing. A third of the total wine is fermented on its full solids, another component is barrel fermented for a range of periods between four weeks and several months in a mix of French and American oak. The balance is vinified in tank to retain fresh fruit characters and bright acidity. Once fermentations are complete, the wines are assembled and bottled fresh to retain vibrancy of varietal fruit characters. Alcohol 13.4%

Pale with a brilliant straw colour and clear hue. Lifted, aromatic nose with white flowers, tropical fruits, granny smith and white nectarine. The palate shows considerable weight, a lovely middle of white peach, lime and a touch of brioche. As the wine opens there's a mix of ripe red apple, spices, cinnamon and citrus, with tastes of oak. Zesty acidity builds on the palate to a long savoury finish, revealing a hint of cashew nut over faint yet fine, textural tannins. The level of fine acidity suggested by the noticeable minerality really suppresses the level of ripeness, Olive Grove is a lovely dry, medium bodied wine that's most enjoyable now and will continue to develop further complex fruit.

McLaren Vale makes gentle Chardonnay wines, Fox Creek is made more complex by treatments of battonage, a course of lees resting and luxurious barrel ferments. Grapes are harvested throughout the cool of night and processed in the early morning, retaining all the crisp, clean charm of McLaren Vale Chardonnay. The peachy varietal stonefruit characters becomes prominent, together with a noticeable mineral quality and the beginnings of honey toast as it evolves. Wonderful upon release, expect Fox Creek to be at its very best alongside fine food.

$1799each $213DOZEN EACH DOZEN Chardonnay is harvested at ripe and healthy baumés, grapes are crushed and two thirds of the juices are vinified in a mix of new and one year old French oak barrels, a moderate proportion is wild yeast fermented for greater complexity. Barrel components are matured on yeast lees for nine months, developing a rich creamy palate. The balance is vinified in fermenters at moderate temperatures to retain maximum fruit character. Components are assembled and the final wine is returned to oak for a spell of integration, which serves to harmonise the flavours and enhance the structure prior to bottling. Alcohol 13.8%

Pale golden hue. Golden peach, nectarine and honey notes over creamy yeast and subtle biscuity oak for a rich complex bouquet. A rich fruity palate showing golden peach, apricot and pineapple flavours. The textural oak frame surrounds dollops of creamy butter, honey and toast, a crisp mandarine finish completing a complex, restrained and balanced wine. Fully integrated oak coupled with crisp acidity gives zing, persistence and length.

The history of the Burge family and their long association with winemaking in Barossa Valley can be traced back to March 1855, when bespoke tailor John Burge immigrated with his wife and two sons. A fifth generation of the Burge dynasty now brings together the exquisite elegance of Adelaide Hills and soft velvetine textures of Barossa Valley into a remarkable Chardonnay wine.

$1599each $189DOZEN EACH DOZEN Grapes are crushed, chilled and pressed, juices are settle for two days befoe inoculation. The Adelaide Hills component is separated into five parcels, each one receiving a different strain of yeast. After a cool, three week vinification in temperature controlled fermenters, a small portion is treated to a course of malolactic in French oak. Upon completion, batches are held four months on yeast lees to build texture and infuse richness, followed by a gentle racking and the final assemblage, aimed at retaining maximum flavour, preserving freshness and highlighting the richness of sur lie Chardonnay.

Lemon green hue. An elegant nose dominated by white peach, apricot and hints of honeydew melon. The palate is packed with citrus fruit character, nectarines and cream are balanced by a crisp, lemon rind acidity. A rich and complex contemporary style of Chardonnay that's bound to please, best enjoyed youthful and vibrant alongside seared tuna, salade nicoise or your favourite chicken recipe.

Mr Burge retains a host of vineyards which proffer a palette of complimenting climes, soil and aspects to the winemaking team. Each site is matched to the most suitable grape, ensuring harvests of exceptional quality fruit. Benchmark sets a high standard, the finest quality grapes and adroit vinification. Burge selects only those parcels which can best express a generosity of Chardonnay character. Benchmark is fashioned to a refreshingly unoaked style, the ideal accompaniment to roast chicken, piquant thai green curries or creole style grilled fish.

$1399each $165DOZEN EACH DOZEN As fifth generation of a great winemaking and grape growing dynasty that has been part of the Barossa since 1855, Grant Burge's commitment is absolute. Burge manages his vineyards to yield fruit of the most exacting standards. Chardonnay is sourced from the Barossa Valley, Adelaide Hills and Riverland. Grapes are crushed and cold settled before fermentation. Juices are racked off and inoculated, treated to a cool vinification in tank for several weeks. Completely unwooded, components are treated to malolactic and ageing on yeast lees to achieve complexity, mouthfeel and fine textures. Following settling, filtering and stabilising, Benchmark is assembled into the consummate, fruit driven Chardonnay.

Bright gold in colour. Vibrant citrus, floral and tropical fruit aromas. The palate is lean and racy, fine natural acidity lending great length to the citrus flavours, a well rounded palate from time spent on lees. Clean varietal characters and rich textures, offering fine balance and remarkable approachability whilst young. Not your rich and traditional full bodied style of Chardonnay, but a more modern rendition best suited to fresh seafood and spicy recipes.