South Australian Wine Guide 2026

Angove Family Winemakers Chardonnay 2024

G 90

Layers of fresh cream, pastry dough, gently toasted Brazil nuts and vanilla set the stage before the fruit reveals itself. Then it’s pink grapefruit, Golden Delicious apple, and poached pear topped by a hint of cinnamon. These creamy layers and delicate sweet/spice notes give the palate structure, focusing the drinker’s attention and naturally calling for food alongside the glass. Drink now–2028 Springs Road Cabernet Sauvignon 2023 G 90 Kangaroo Island Cabernet is one of those region and variety marriages of note, here from a cooler vintage with distinctive mint and bay leafed aromatic characters, with a poke of elderberry fruit flavour in the palate and a soft under-layering of tannins. For those who like a herbal edge to their Cabernet, this will hit the mark. Drink now–2030

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