Snake and Herring have the golden touch with chardonnay at different prices. More delicate, less oaky and more creamy lees-driven than the Corduroy. It has great balance and charm, and drinks beautifully now.

From Margaret River and Pemberton. On the one hand it's fresh and racy, all citrus and florals; on the other it's fleshy and textured, its runs of white peach and juicy pear flavours softened and preened with creamy, spicy oak. It drinks like a charm. (Campbell Mattinson)

Put this one on your shopping list. It’s tip top for value, and therefore for quality. It’s a racy style of chardonnay with excellent freshness and length, yet it also boasts plenty of fleshy flavour and texture; it scores runs all around the ground. Citrus, florals, white peach and assorted creamy, spicy characters. It works a treat.

There’s plenty to love about this West Aussie that’s nowhere near tough. It’s full of varietal truths, beginning with a spicy stone fruit and lime leaf nose, then packing great flavour as you taste, balancing ripe fruits in reflection of those aromas, with just enough underlying tang to hold this terrific wine together. It’s “Corduroy” sibling chardonnay shows more oak and intensity, if you’re looking for it.

Put this one on your shopping list. It’s tip top for value, and therefore for quality. It’s a racy style of chardonnay with excellent freshness and length, yet it also boasts plenty of fleshy flavour and texture; it scores runs all around the ground. Citrus, florals, white peach and assorted creamy, spicy characters. It works a treat.

There’s plenty to love about this West Aussie that’s nowhere near tough. It’s full of varietal truths, beginning with a spicy stone fruit and lime leaf nose, then packing great flavour as you taste, balancing ripe fruits in reflection of those aromas, with just enough underlying tang to hold this terrific wine together. It’s “Corduroy” sibling chardonnay shows more oak and intensity, if you’re looking for it.