I'm working my way through all the Sapling Yard wines with this smart Chardonnay next (ping Simon Colwell). Tumbarumba fruit here, and it spent 8 months in 25% new oak, which …
I love these tastings, The Young Guns of Wine (YGOW) is an annual awards program designed to celebrate new/young wine producers. But YGOW has now expanded beyond the awards to a …
Freshness, that's the main game with this Hungerford Hill Tumbarumba Chardonnay 2021. It's such a light and airy Chardonnay. White flower and marzipan, milky peach fruit with acidity to the fore. …
Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ok drinks. And some are just bad. Here is a selection of wines that almost made it in July and August 2021. Sometimes …
Australian Chardonnay is in the midst of a purple patch, with quality - and value - as good as it has ever been, as this collection of the 16 best …
Sure, Shiraz gets all the attention, but for my money, Australia's most consistently drinkable premium variety is Chardonnay. That's simply a result of style. So much top tier Australian Shiraz - …
With the official Graham HQ Chief Chardonnay Drinker 34 weeks pregnant, I'm not opening up as much Chardonnay as normal (outside of tasting lineups). The flip side is that I'm probably …
Xanadu Reserve Margaret River Chardonnay 2014 Xanadu's run of great Chardonnay continues. This is superb modern Margaret River Chardonnay, of the type that makes people wax lyrical about Chardonnay from the …
Sassafras Gamay Ancestral 2014 There's much to be said for winemakers emulating their favourite wine style. While it can produce simple copycats, having a wine starting point and evolving from there can …
Hungerford Hill Tumbarumba Pinot Noir 2013 (Tumbarumba, NSW) 14.8%, Screwcap, $36 Tumbarumba - great place for Chardonnay and bubbles, still yet to hit its red wine straps. The accusation is often that …
