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• Vavasour Anna’s Vineyard Chardonnay 2015

  “Delicate style with a rice paper texture,” noted John Belsham. This Awatere Valley-grown wine has poise and flow, with citrusy …

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• Vidal Reserve Chardonnay 2016

  

  Attractive spicy red apple and flinty complexity mark this chardonnay’s flavour profile. It’s a textured wine, well-balanced, finishing with length …

  4 | $20-$25 Best Buys

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• Villa Maria Cellar Selection Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2016

  

  The ever-reliable Hawke’s Bay Cellar Selection is one of those can’t-go-wrong chardonnay options. The 2016 version has real stuffing. It’s …

  4 | $15-$20 Best Buys

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• Villa Maria Cellar Selection Marlborough Chardonnay 2016

  

  Grown at various sites, mostly in the Wairau Valley, this presents quite a different style to its Hawke’s Bay cousin …

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• Turnstone Marlborough Chardonnay 2016

  3 | $20-$25

• Elephant Hill Hawke’s Bay Reserve Chardonnay 2015

  

  Winemaker Steve Skinner has crafted a lovely expression, where lemon curd meets smoky flintiness. They grow and dance in step …

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• Esk Valley Winemakers Reserve Chardonnay 2016

  3 | $30-$40

• Coopers Creek SV Big & Buttery Gisborne Chardonnay 2016

  

  Winemaker Simon Nunns has gone the full monty here. Dark straw-coloured, it’s an oaky, toasty wine with a strong fruit …

  4 | $25-$30

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• Coopers Creek SV Plainsman Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2015

  

  This is a fragrant style, fresh white flower scents to the fore. In the mouth sweet tropical fruit notes (guava, …

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• Dashwood Chardonnay 2016

  3 | $15-$20