2024 Taylors St Andrews Chardonnay, Clare Valley

Bright, light yellow colour; rich nougat and buttery shortbread aromas, showing plenty of oak and possibly some malolactic character. Rich palate with softness and fleshy smoothness, a wine that will have many fans but could be seen as 'old school' against the background of modern Australian chardonnay. Those who hanker for old fashioned buttery, oaky, rich chardy will love it. Drink to 2031.

92 points Huon Hooke for The Real Review, August 2026

Soft and supple, this Chardonnay opens with peach and melon aromas and notes of lemon blossom, nougat and cinnamon toast. It’s a creamy, medium bodied white with generous and long fruit flavours, seasoned with warm spice and vanilla.

Picture dinner on a balmy evening with slow-braised pork belly taking centre stage. This wine is a beautiful study in mid-summer energy—soft, supple, and radiant, but balanced by a focused citrus clarity that prevents it from ever feeling heavy. Its creamy, nougat-and-cinnamon-toast texture perfectly mirrors the melting succulence and natural fats of the meat, while the subtle lemon blossom acidity acts as a bright structural knife, slicing cleanly through the richness to keep the palate refreshed.

Keeping it casual? Pour a glass alongside a simple, comforting bowl of piping-hot carbonara or pan-seared sea bass drenched in a rich, buttery lemon sauce. The wine's generous peach and melon fruit weight effortlessly absorbs the dish's salty, savory intensity, while its warm spice notes elevate a humble weeknight meal into something genuinely luxurious.

More about this wine

Taylors is a third-generation family-owned winery with substantial estate vineyards in South Australia’s Clare Valley. The St Andrews wines sit at the top of their diverse portfolio, released only from select estate parcels and only in vintages the winemaking team considers worthy.

This wine was matured in a selection of fine-grained Burgundian oak barriques of which roughly half are new each vintage.