Cellar Reserve Chardonnay
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2024
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted chicken, creamy mushroom risotto, seared scallops.
✨ Technical Specifications
The Penfolds Cellar Reserve Chardonnay is a testament to the winery's ongoing evolution and experimentation, emerging from a range designed to showcase alternative styles and micro-batches. Sourced primarily from the cool-climate vineyards of the Adelaide Hills in South Australia, this wine represents a contemporary, refined approach to Australian Chardonnay. Unlike the heavy, buttery styles of the past, the Cellar Reserve focuses on purity of fruit, vibrant natural acidity, and structural complexity. It is typically fermented using wild yeasts in French oak barriques, with a portion undergoing malolactic fermentation to add texture and creaminess without overshadowing the bright citrus and stone fruit characters. This range allows Penfolds' winemakers to push boundaries, resulting in a sophisticated white wine that beautifully marries cool-climate terroir with classic French oak integration.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1844 by Dr. Christopher Rawson Penfold and his wife Mary at the Magill Estate in South Australia, Penfolds is one of Australia's oldest and most iconic wine producers. The estate achieved legendary international acclaim during the 1950s under visionary chief winemaker Max Schubert, who created Penfolds Grange and revolutionized the country's winemaking techniques. Driven by a celebrated philosophy of multi-regional and multi-varietal blending, Penfolds sources exceptional fruit across historic Australian terroirs—such as the Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale, and Coonawarra—as well as select premier global regions. The house is universally revered for powerful, impeccably structured, and long-lived wines, led by its flagship Grange, Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon, and celebrated Bin series.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Chardonnay
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
13% - 13.5