New World Chardonnay Dozen
Including two bottles of each of the six Chardonnays below with a discount of 15% on our usual bottle prices.
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Goedverwacht, Great Expectations, Chardonnay, Robertson, 2024
Our favourite wine at this estate - and one which has become more and more popular, even to the point of us selling it to some smart restaurants - is the Chardonnay. It's from a large block on well-drained soils with some limestone, perfect for the grape. The grapes are fermented in tanks holding small French oak blocks; and a couple of months on the lees gives it a little fat. Our favourite wine at this estate – a benchmark ever since we shipped the 2002 vintage. The grapes are...
ColourWhite
RegionRobertson
GrowerGoedverwacht
Grape VarietyChardonnay
Vintage2024
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
ClosureScrewcap
CodeGDV124
Goedverwacht
Robertson, South Africa
Goedverwacht translates from Afrikaans as good hope – or great expectations, hence the labelling.
The du Toit family farm no less than 172 hectares of vines along the bends of the Breede river near Bonnievale.
The wines are made by father Jan in collaboration with son Gawie. Jan once firmly told me his place in the world of wine in...
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Chardonnay
Chardonnay is one of the most-widely planted varieties in the world.
Arguably not the most characterful grape, hence its common ageing in oak, yet at its pinnacle in Burgundy it produces some of the greatest (and certainly most expensive) white wines in the world. Look out for unoaked Chardonnay, it can make a pleasant change, and usually goes down very well with all those people who...
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Errazuriz, Chardonnay, Aconcagua Costa, 2021
We have long admired this wine: from blocks planted on schistous soils in 2005 and 2009 just 12 kms. from the frigid Pacific Ocean, it’s an elegant, barrel fermented Chardonnay. Just 45% of the blend underwent malolactic fermentation, the rest preserving a lively brightness. Long notes of tropical fruit and ripe citrus with a lightly creamy accent. Great poise and balance – good as an aperitif or to accompany any seafood. Now-2026
ColourWhite
RegionAconcagua Costa
GrowerErrazuriz
Grape VarietyChardonnay
Vintage2021
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
CodeERR121
Chardonnay
Chardonnay is one of the most-widely planted varieties in the world.
Arguably not the most characterful grape, hence its common ageing in oak, yet at its pinnacle in Burgundy it produces some of the greatest (and certainly most expensive) white wines in the world. Look out for unoaked Chardonnay, it can make a pleasant change, and usually goes down very well with all those people who...
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Pandolfi Price, Larkun Chardonnay, Valle del Itata, 2021
Unoaked, but given weight and creaminess by extended ageing on the lees. This is such a classy wine, similar to, though better value than, a very superior Mâcon. Honeyed aromas over lime depths. Beautifully ripe, showing a panoply of green fruits with notes of fresh pineapple and tangerine. Generous weight – a creamy nuttiness. Great drive and a super fresh finish. Such a classy wine. Now-2026
"Such an unusual nose. I couldn't put my finger on it. Shoved it under various...
ColourWhite
RegionItata
GrowerPandolfi Price
Grape VarietyChardonnay
Vintage2014
ABV14.5%
Bottle75cl
CodePAP121
Chardonnay
Chardonnay is one of the most-widely planted varieties in the world.
Arguably not the most characterful grape, hence its common ageing in oak, yet at its pinnacle in Burgundy it produces some of the greatest (and certainly most expensive) white wines in the world. Look out for unoaked Chardonnay, it can make a pleasant change, and usually goes down very well with all those people who...
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Jancis Robinson
We get super excited when Jancis Robinson (or one of her team) write about our wine!
Voted the world's most influential wine critic in polls in the US, France and internationally in 2018, Jancis views herself as a wine writer rather than a wine critic.
She writes daily for JancisRobinson.com and weekly for the Financial Times. She is founder-editor of The Oxford Companion...
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Domaine des Dieux, Chardonnay, Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge, 2019
From vineyards at the very top of the valley, cooled by breezes and the cloud attracted to the nearby Babylonstoren peak, now crafted by John Seccombe (of Thorne & Daughters), the Des Dieux Chardonnay has become one of our best-loved wines. All barrel-fermented (30% new French oak plus older barrels), but with well-integrated oak flavours, it displays a terrific melding of cream, lime and toast flavours. Now-2027
ColourWhite
RegionHemel-en-Aarde
GrowerDomaine des Dieux
Grape VarietyChardonnay
Vintage2019
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
DietaryVegan
CodeDDD119
Domaine des Dieux
Hemel-en-Aarde, South Africa
The Hemel-en-Aarde Valley, which translates as Heaven on Earth, rises prettily from just west of Hermanus.
When we first visited in 2003 the wineries, notably Hamilton Russell and Bouchard Finlayson, were all in the lower part of the valley, but more recently plantings at the top of the valley - higher, drier, with warmer...
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Chardonnay
Chardonnay is one of the most-widely planted varieties in the world.
Arguably not the most characterful grape, hence its common ageing in oak, yet at its pinnacle in Burgundy it produces some of the greatest (and certainly most expensive) white wines in the world. Look out for unoaked Chardonnay, it can make a pleasant change, and usually goes down very well with all those people who...
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Wickhams Road, Chardonnay, Yarra Valley, 2022
Forget of those out of date preconceptions of yellow, oaky, unsubtle Australian Chardonnays – this is cool-climate, pale, super-fresh, lightly oaked Chardonnay which would appeal to Chablis lovers. Enticing citrus and cream aromas. Crystalline bite’ and so much verve and refinement. Splendidly long. Now-2027
The Wickhams Road wines are made by Franco D'Anna at the Hoddles Creek winery in the Upper Yarra Valley. Franco D’Anna’s wines are hugely applauded both in...
ColourWhite
RegionGippsland
GrowerHoddles Creek
Grape VarietyChardonnay
Vintage2022
ABV 13%
Bottle75cl
ClosureScrewcap
DietaryVegan
CodeWIC122
Chardonnay
Chardonnay is one of the most-widely planted varieties in the world.
Arguably not the most characterful grape, hence its common ageing in oak, yet at its pinnacle in Burgundy it produces some of the greatest (and certainly most expensive) white wines in the world. Look out for unoaked Chardonnay, it can make a pleasant change, and usually goes down very well with all those people who...
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Pandolfi Price, Los Patricios Chardonnay, Valle del Itata, 2021
It’s back in stock! One of our most fascinating exclusivities, the barrel fermented Chardonnay from the Pandolfi Price family in cool southern and coastal Itata. Heady scent – a mix of toast, butter and honey; slightly (and deliberately) oxidative. That butteriness is dominant in the mouth, lending a richness which vies with the toasted hazelnut flavours. There’s a butterscotch note too, but it’s not over-done; there’s a vein of acidity running through it and an almondy finish....
ColourWhite
RegionItata
GrowerPandolfi Price
Grape VarietyChardonnay
Vintage2021
ABV14%
Bottle75cl
CodePAP321
Chardonnay
Chardonnay is one of the most-widely planted varieties in the world.
Arguably not the most characterful grape, hence its common ageing in oak, yet at its pinnacle in Burgundy it produces some of the greatest (and certainly most expensive) white wines in the world. Look out for unoaked Chardonnay, it can make a pleasant change, and usually goes down very well with all those people who...
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New World Chardonnay Dozen
Including two bottles of each of the six Chardonnays below with a discount of 15% on our usual bottle prices.
Great choice of good-value wines in the January sales. The website is really easy to use to make up an order. Delivery, as is often the case, was within 24 hours and, as usual, was well-packed.Read More
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