Mordrelle Lenswood Gran Reserva Chardonnay 2017 from the Adelaide Hills is a serious, old–school styled Chardonnay, showing golden colour in the glass and immediately signalling richness, complexity and extended development. It’s very much a contemplative dinner–table white rather than a simple quaffer.

On the nose and palate, this Gran Reserva Chardonnay delivers brioche and pastry tones, hints of butterscotch and creamy oak wrapped around ripe stone fruits, giving a plush, layered profile with real depth. Despite the generosity, the wine remains vibrant, with smooth, well–integrated acidity and a long, flowing finish that keeps the richness in check and adds elegance.

For food, Mordrelle Lenswood Gran Reserva Chardonnay 2017 is tailor–made for roast chicken, lobster or scallops in butter, rich white–fish dishes, creamy pasta or roast cauliflower gratin, where its buttery, brioche characters and stone fruit core can stand up to bigger flavours. Given its structure and style, it will also reward further cellaring, developing more honeyed, nutty and toasty complexity over time.