Crafted from the fruit of the very first Chardonnay vines of the Piccadilly Valley, Petaluma Tiers Chardonnay flaunts a perfect pale straw colour. Fermented in new French oak barriques, this Chardy gives off aromas of ripe white peach on the bouquet, followed by hints of almond, cinnamon and nectarine. The multi-layered & creamy palate displays wonderful stone fruit flavours and minerality, leading to a long, nutty and viscous finish balanced by lemon-lime acidity. The wine goes well with mushrooms, roast chicken and salmon dishes.

Our desire is to showcase Chardonnay’s strengths of delicious mouthfeel and length with it’s unique ability to effortlessly incorporate winemaking complexity and still maintain fruit purity. One of the truly great grape varieties.

A wine made against all odds. A small batch production blended from Tumbarumba and Margaret River made by legendary winemaker Bryan Martin.

There's nothing fancy about this up-to-the-minute Chardy with bags of bright, bouncy fruit screaming 'drink me now'.

PENFOLDS X Thienot Lot 1 175 Blanc de Blanc, Champagne

The Cat Amoungst the Pigeons Chardonnay has a white peach, nectarine and melon fruit taste with a subtle oak, crisp acid line.

Taylors Jaraman Chardonnay has lifted, complex aromas of subtle white peach and nectarine along with secondary aromas of cream and cashew nuts from lees stirring and oak maturation. The Clare Valley component delivers mid-palate weight and richness with fleshy stone fruit flavours of yellow nectarine and white peach, while the Adelaide Hills component delivers elegance and length with restrained citrus flavours to the mid-palate.

Palate - Light and delicate with a tight, fine line of acidity, leading to a long focused palate with a creamy texture. Rich autolysis characters of brioche and nougat lead the way with hints of citrus, almond, fennel and hay. This refreshing wine has a long, dry, crisp finish. Winemaking The Chardonnay fruit is gently pressed off skins with a series of press fractions going to separate holding tanks for later assessment. The juice is settled bright and fermented cold with a neutral yeast strain in stainless steel. No malolactic fermentation takes place, so as to obtain a finer, tighter acid structure. The wine was then bottled on the 23rd of May 2019 with a dose of active yeast and sugar (known as ‘tirage’) to encourage the secondary ferment. The bottle ferment lasts approximately six weeks after which the tirage sparkling wine rests in storage for four years gaining complexity from contact with the yeast lees. When deemed to be balanced and with sufficient autolysis character, we send the bottles for riddling and disgorging where the yeast plug is removed and the cork inserted. This wine was disgorged on the 7th of July 2020. Storage/Bottling - The unique nature of this sparkling wine is that bottling occurs as part of the winemaking process early in the wine’s life. In the case of the Georgette, the final disgorging and packaging process occurs four years after the wine is first put to bottle. Heavy grade sparkling glass, stylish labeling and the traditional white hood of the Forester brand complete the elegant package.