D’Arenberg Olive Grove Chardonnay 2025

When it comes to Chardonnays available for under twenty bucks a bottle, this one must surely sit among the very best. After fermentation, the wine spent seven months maturing in French oak. The fruit is sourced from both McLaren Vale and the Adelaide Hills.Deep straw in colour, this is soft, full of flavour and rather delicious. Perhaps a little simple, but terrific drinking and it certainly drinks well above its price. There are notes of stone fruits and citrus with just a flick of oak evident. Seamless in structure, enjoy this now, but it will still offer pleasure over the next two to four years. You really can’t ask much more from a wine for this sort of money.