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Tohu Whenua Matua Single Vineyard Chardonnay 2020 (Upper Moutere, Nelson)
The reductive nature of this wine is evident on the palate, but it’s this style done well as the balance …
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Tohu Whenua Awa Single Vineyard Chardonnay 2019 (Upper Awatere, Marlborough)
This wine is pale in the glass with youthful green hues. It’s reductive in style with citrus aromas alongside flint …
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Trinity Hill Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2022
Lifted fruit aromas on the fresh bright nose with zesty citrus and delicate blossom aromas. The palate is nicely weighted …
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Tatty Bogler Chardonnay 2019 North Otago
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Tiki KORO Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2020
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Man O’ War – Estate Chardonnay 2020 Waiheke Island
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2020 Jackson Estate Shelter Belt Chardonnay Marlborough
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Vavasour Chardonnay 2021 Awatere Valley, Marlborough
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Trinity Hill Single Vineyard 125 Gimblett Chardonnay 2022 (Hawke’s Bay)
Fresh and clean on the nose with bright citrus, stone fruit and layers of creamy aromas that are also reflected …
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Wairau River Chardonnay 2023 (Marlborough)
Peach and lemon aromas are proud on the nose with some tropical fruit notes alongside. The palate is fruit forward …
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Chardonnay
Chardonnays reviewed by Cuisine magazine, grouped by star rating. You can search for wines by star rating, price, region and more using the Wine Finder above.
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Fromm Chardonnay Clayvin Vineyard 2011
top 10
Fruit from Marlborough’s fabled Clayvin Vineyard is behind two of our Top 10 wines. Lovely restrained white-flower scents lead to …
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Gibbston Valley China Terrace Chardonnay 2015
top 10
Central Otago makes the Top 10 with this Bendigo-grown gem from winemaker Christopher Keys. It’s a complex expression, with clever …
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Giesen The Brothers Chardonnay 2014 (Marlborough)
top 10
It was love at first taste for the entire panel with this wine. “Understated, but so elegant and sophisticated,” said …
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Giesen The Fuder Clayvin Chardonnay 2014 (Marlborough)
top 10
This is the product of another vineyard (the Clayvin) where chardonnay excels. Its nose had Jane Boyle wanting to “smell …
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Giesen The Fuder Single Vineyard Selection Clayvin Chardonnay 2011
top 10
The Giesen brothers hold the football-shaped fuder – a German oak barrel – in high esteem and there’s certainly plenty …
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Hawkesbridge Reserve Marlborough Chardonnay 2017
top 10
A SHINING STAR IN A CHALLENGING YEAR Winemaker Jo Gear says the 2017 vintage “was the most challenging harvest I …
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Kim Crawford Small Parcels Wild Grace Chardonnay 2013
The fruit from two Bay vineyards (Corner 50 and Strathallan) finds its way into this accomplished wine. Flinty minerality, toast, citrus and oral notes …
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Lake Chalice The Raptor Chardonnay 2021 (Marlborough)
top 10
There’s no absence of sulphide on the nose with this wine which will be catnip to lovers of those reductive …
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Matahiwi Estate Holly South Series Chardonnay 2022 (Wairarapa)
top 15
Medium colour in the glass with sweet pastry aromas and ripe citrus fruit present with lots of reduction evident on …
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Mills Reef Elspeth 2017 (Hawke’s Bay)
top 10
Charming and well-defined with an exquisite youthful colour. The bouquet is engaging and accented with some with smoky notes and …
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Mount Riley 17 Valley Marlborough Chardonnay 2017
top 10
A wine with generous, citrusy fruit and mealy, oak influenced aromas on the bouquet. Flavours of roasted stone fruits, smoky …
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Mount Riley Seventeen Valley Chardonnay 2016
“Very attractive oak and ripe fruit,” noted Michael Brajkovich. For a young wine, it has come together well, the elements …
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Babich Irongate Chardonnay 2015
The Irongate is the pride of Joe Babich, and deservedly so. This 2015 release has that earthy complexity that is …
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Bilancia Chardonnay 2014 (Hawke’s Bay)
Another gem from Warren Gibson and Lorraine Leheny’s Bilancia label. It offers a hint of struck match together with citrus, …
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Blackenbrook Nelson 2017
Inviting and generous with almond and baked bread aromas. The expressions of melon and fig on the palate suggest a …
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Brancott Estate Letter Series ‘O’ 2017 (Marlborough)
A spicy and toasty style with burnt match aromas. The palate has enough depth of fruit to support the aromatic …
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Brancott Estate Letter Series O Marlborough Chardonnay 2015
O for… operatic? This is certainly a chardonnay of grand gestures and big themes. The toasty, butterscotch oak provides a …
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Brancott Estate Letter Series O Chardonnay 2020 (Marlborough)
A tasty and approachable chardonnay that will undoubtedly hold mass appeal. Pale yet bright in the glass with vibrant aromas …
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Anthem Central Otago Chardonnay 2015
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Antinori Bramito Della Sala Chardonnay 2019 Umbria
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Ara Single Estate Chardonnay 2020 Marlborough
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Ara Single Estate Chardonnay 2021 Marlborough
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Archangel Chardonnay 2017
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Aronui Nelson 2016