The Halliday Wine Companion Awards celebrate the top wines in Australia – as chosen by our esteemed wine critics who spend the year tasting and reviewing wine from across the country. Below, you'll find Australia's best chardonnays, along with the ratings awarded by the Tasting Team.
2026 Best Chardonnay of the Year in Australia
Vasse Felix Heytesbury Chardonnay 2023, Margaret River
99 points (Panel decision*) | Price when tasted $140

When it comes to the best of the best, provenance is paramount. And taste memory utmost, especially when tasting Heytesbury made under Virginia Willcock’s tutelage (in ’26 she clocks up 20 years as chief winemaker at Vasse Felix, during which time she has transformed chardonnay in the region and beyond). Her influence is here in this wine, and ’23 will be known as one of the finest. It's hard to explain because it’s still very tightly wound, yet it has depth and volume. Oscillating between power and refinement, intensity and pure drinking pleasure. Grapefruit, Meyer lemon, a crushed oyster shell note, flinty, moreish sulphides, texture, mouth-watering, pure acidity and so much more besides. Nothing else to say other than that this is outstanding. – Jane Faulkner
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The best chardonnays from the 2026 Companion
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Vasse Felix
Heytesbury Chardonnay 2023
Margaret River -
Giaconda
Estate Vineyard Chardonnay 2022
Beechworth -
Bannockburn Vineyards
S.R.H. Chardonnay 2023
Geelong -
Oakridge
864 Henk Aqueduct Block Chardonnay 2023
Yarra Valley -
Oakridge
864 Funder & Diamond Drive Block Chardonnay 2023
Yarra Valley -
Paul Nelson Wines
Loam Chardonnay 2023
Denmark -
Silkman Wines
SILK Chardonnay 2023
Hunter Valley -
Tolpuddle Vineyard
Chardonnay 2023
Tasmania -
Toolangi
F Block Chardonnay 2024
Yarra Valley -
Tyrrell’s Wines
Vat 47 Winemaker's Selection Chardonnay 2023
Hunter Valley -
Battles
The Burnside Chardonnay 2023
Margaret River -
Bindi Wines
Quartz Chardonnay 2023
Macedon Ranges -
Canobolas Wines
Chardonnay 2023
Orange -
Clyde Park Vineyard
Single Block C Chardonnay 2023
Geelong -
Coldstream Hills
Reserve Chardonnay 2023
Yarra Valley -
Dappled Wines
Les Vergers Single Vineyard Chardonnay 2023
Yarra Valley -
Delamere Vineyards
Block 3 Chardonnay 2022
Tasmania -
Garagiste
Terre Maritime Chardonnay 2024
Mornington Peninsula -
Gentle Folk
Piccadilly Chardonnay 2023
Adelaide Hills -
Giant Steps
Bastard Hill Chardonnay 2024
Yarra Valley -
Giant Steps
Sexton Vineyard Chardonnay 2024
Yarra Valley -
Hoddles Creek Estate
Syberia Chardonnay 2022
Yarra Valley -
Hoddles Creek Estate
1er Chardonnay 2023
Yarra Valley -
Holyman
Chardonnay 2023
Tasmania -
House of Arras
Museum Release Blanc de Blancs 2006
Sparkling | Tasmania -
Keith Tulloch Wine
Field of Mars Block 4 Chardonnay 2023
Hunter Valley -
Kooyong
Faultline Single Block Chardonnay 2023
Mornington Peninsula -
Leeuwin Estate
Art Series Chardonnay 2022
Margaret River -
Levantine Hill
Katherine's Paddock Chardonnay 2019
Yarra Valley -
Medhurst
Reserve Chardonnay 2024
Yarra Valley -
Mount Mary
Chardonnay 2023
Yarra Valley -
Mulline
Single Vineyard Sutherlands Creek Chardonnay 2024
Geelong -
Mulline
Single Vineyard Portarlington Chardonnay 2024
Geelong -
Nocturne Wines
Forrest Vineyard Single Vineyard Chardonnay 2023
Margaret River -
Oakridge
The Apex Twin Chardonnay 2022
Yarra Valley -
Oakridge
Vineyard Series Henk Chardonnay 2023
Yarra Valley -
Patrick Sullivan Wines
Ada River Chardonnay 2024
Gippsland -
Penfolds
Yattarna Bin 144 Chardonnay 2022
Tumbarumba Tasmania Adelaide Hills -
Pierro
Chardonnay 2023
Margaret River -
Provenance Wines
Henty Chardonnay 2023
Henty -
Savaterre
Chardonnay 2023
Beechworth -
Serrat
Chardonnay 2024
Yarra Valley -
Shaw + Smith
Lenswood Vineyard Chardonnay 2023
Adelaide Hills -
Stella Bella Wines
Luminosa Chardonnay 2023
Margaret River -
Stella Bella Wines
Suckfizzle Chardonnay 2023
Margaret River -
Toolangi
F Block Chardonnay 2023
Yarra Valley -
Tyrrell’s Wines
Single Vineyard SFOV Chardonnay 2023
Hunter Valley -
Wantirna Estate
Isabella Chardonnay 2023
Yarra Valley -
Xanadu Wines
Reserve Chardonnay 2023
Margaret River -
Xanadu Wines
Stevens Road Chardonnay 2023
Margaret River -
Yarra Yering
Chardonnay 2023
Yarra Valley -
Yering Station
Reserve Chardonnay 2023
Yarra Valley
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This is an edited extract from the 2026 Halliday Wine Companion, with reviews by Dave Brookes, Jane Faulkner, Jeni Port, Katrina Butler, Marcus Ellis, Mike Bennie, Philip Rich, Shanteh Wale and Toni Paterson MW. Cover art by James Coe.
*Panel decision – score awarded by the Halliday Tasting Team at the annual Awards judging.