Acclaimed Australian Chardonnay

A curated selection of highly acclaimed Chardonnay wines from Margaret River and Tasmania. Each wine has been reviewed with 96 points.

2 x Deep Woods Estate 2022 Single Vineyard Chardonnay

2 x Evans & Tate 2019 Redbrook Reserve Chardonnay

2 x Lowestoft 2020 Chardonnay

Royal Queensland Wine Awards 2022

Melbourne Royal Wine Awards 2022

James Halliday Australian Chardonnay & Cabernet Challenge 2022

Margaret River Wine Show 2022

Blackwood Valley WA Boutique and Single Vineyard Wine Show 2022

James Suckling 2022

Fantastic aromas of sliced cooked lemons and apple with flint, crushed stone, nutmeg and spiced pear. Medium to full body. Crisp acidity. Razor sharp. Oyster shells. Steely undertones. Tangy acidity. Drink or hold.

Erin Larkin, Halliday Wine Companion 2023

Fruit from Karridale. Hand picked, whole-bunch pressed, wild ferment, very minimal bâttonage, matured on lees for 9 months in a combination of new and seasoned French oak. A cool vintage, coupled with the southern growing area of Karridale, has imbued this wine with laser acidity and precise drive in the mouth. With citrus, red apples, white peach, creamy cashews and loads of brine (with some apricot squares through the finish) this provides a startlingly clear view of the 'other' style of chardonnay that Margaret River does so well. Harnessed volume is converted into superfine layers of taut fruit. It's concentrated, but it's also glass-like, with shards of acidity and chalky phenolics. Very cool.

Royal Hobart Wine Show 2021

Best Chardonnay Dry White

International Wine Show Challenge 2023

National Wine Show of Australia 2023

Top Gold

Sydney Royal Wine Show 2022

Royal Queensland Wine Awards 2022

Margaret River Wine Show 2021

National Wine Show of Australia 2021

Perth Royal Wine Awards 2022

Melbourne Royal Wine Awards 2022

Halliday Chardonnay & Cabernet Challenge 2022

2023 Ray Jordan Wine Guide

Oh wow. There is almost a pretty delicacy about this excellent Chardonnay at first then the awesome power kicks in and starts its relentless drive to that super long finish. Has a crunchy juicy mid palate with fine chalky acidity and a fine citrus tang balancing the complex savoury notes. Finishes dry and long.

halliday wine companion 2023

Fermented and matured 10 months in French oak (18% new), followed by a further 8 months on lees in tank, prior to a year in bottle. Fresh and powerful, with a distinct linearity, thanks to the cool 2019 vintage. This is so taut and coiled right now as to be almost closed. It won't remain that way forever, but in the meantime, a decant is advised.

James Suckling 2023

A flinty nose of baked lemons, grapefruit, white peaches and sweet herbs. Medium-bodied with subtle saline, mineral notes articulating the crisp citrus and apple fruit on the palate. Succulent.

Decanter World Wine Awards 2023

"Lemony nose with classic apple fruit and leesy notes. Fleshy on the palate, with a chalky acidity. Tangy finish."

Halliday Wine Companion 2022

100% Coal River Valley chardonnay; hand picked; whole-bunch pressed; wild fermented and aged 9 months in seasoned French oak barrels; 50% with sulphur dioxide and 50% without, with 3 months bâtonnage. The Fogarty Group has made quite a splash in Tasmania and wines like this make a serious statement about their confidence to play at the top end. The cool 2020 season defines impressive flinty, mineral texture and enduring acid drive, energising perfectly ripe white fruits and impeccably integrated oak.

Gary Walsh, The Wine Front 2022

Tasted alongside the 2019, and while 2020 was a cooler vintage, it also seems to have received a more subtle touch in the winery, which is good. I could be wrong! Subtle wine, all crunch and saline/mineral stuff, discreet spicy oak, pink grapefruit and fennel, fine dusty texture, and a cool feel to it, with salted citrus, and subtle umami flavours, and a long finish that feels good and ‘natural’. Not the power of the 2019, but more stylish, and better to drink. So lovely.

95

Tyson Stelzer, Wine Business Magazine 2022

The Fogarty Group has made quite a splash in Tasmania and wines like this make a serious statement about their confidence to play at the top end. The cool 2020 season defines the impressive flinty, mineral texture and enduring aid drive, energising, perfectly ripe whiet fruits and impeccably integrated oak.

95

Erin Larkin, Robert Parker Wine Advocate 2023

The 2020 Estate Chardonnay is intensely concentrated in the mouth: acidity, flavor and texture are all packed into the hilt. The wine gives the impression of needing (or wanting) to unfurl, to stretch out; perhaps a decant would give it the space it needs. As it stands, after plenty of swirling and agitation of the glass, salted yellow peach, red apple skins, preserved citrus and yellow grapefruit emerge. Underpinning it all is the unfettered flow of Tasmanian acidity: juicy, bright, enlivening. Mouthwatering. All in all, this is a big wine, almost bolshy, with powerful fruit and scintillating acidity.

94+