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• Villa Maria Reserve Marlborough Chardonnay 2012

  3 | $30-$40

• Coopers Creek SV Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay The Limeworks 2013

  

  Another track from the retro stack. This is a showy number, unafraid to show some oak embracing a core of …

  4 | $20-$25

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• HaHa Marlborough Chardonnay 2013

  

  Attractive struck-match scents usher in an exotic array of flavours, rock melon and orange peel among them. “Very well-managed aromas”, …

  4 | $15-$20 Best Buys

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• Mount Riley 17 Valley Chardonnay 2012

  The 17 Valley vineyard near TaylorsPass is the jewel in the Mount Riley crown. This is a gorgeously aromatic version, …

  4 | $30-$40

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• Tohu Gisborne Chardonnay 2012

  3 | $20-$25

• Anna’s Vineyard by Vavasour Chardonnay 2011

  Steve Smith described this as “old school” in reference to its sweet oak flavours and creamy warmth. Providing balance is …

  4 | $40-$50

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• Nautilus Marlborough Chardonnay 2012

  This label’s chardonnays get better by the vintage and this is a cracker. It oozes class, from the first whiff …

  4 | $30-$40

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• Gibbston Valley Reserve Chardonnay 2012

  

  They enjoy making chardonnay at GibbstonValley and have succeeded here with this fine, steely version that drew comparisons with chablis. …

  4.5 | $30-$40

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• Selaks Reserve Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2013

  

  Another fine buy from a fine vintage, this wine represents yet another stylistic gear change. Biscuit, cedary spice, grapefruit and …

  4.5 | $15-$20 Best Buys

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• Villa Maria Single Vineyard Taylors Pass Marlborough Chardonnay 2012

  

  A great single-vineyard wine should take you somewhere special and this wine certainly does. Pale in the glass, it offers …

  5 | $30-$40

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