The wine originates in the Grigg vineyard in the Piccadilly Valley, quite high up in the Adelaide Hills. The vines were planted in 1997 and are really producing some high quality fruit now. This is an incredibly good wine, made from a single vineyard of high quality Chardonnay in the Adelaide Hills. It leads with smoky tree fruit, a touch of citrus oil and then is pushed into overdrive by the acidity and the sensation of salt and minerals on the palate - very zesty and fresh.

Col McBryde and his partner Jennie Gardiner, winemakers and owners of Adelina (as well as another of our favourite labels, Some Young Punks), are a switched-on wine power couple. As well as making great wines on the regular, they're always looking out for quality fruit that they can turn into a future release. Having worked with small batches of Chardonnay for a number of years, although, until now, nothing had quite made the grade to be released under the Adelina label. Finally, they've found a first-rate grower (with the right postcode) that they can work with and thus the first Adelina Chardonnay has been born! Although based in the Clare Valley, set amongst one of the most historically relevant winery and vineyards in Australia, they also work with a very small group of growers in Clare and the Adelaide Hills whom grow fruit for their non-estate wines. The winery is rustic in a sense of mod-cons and mechanisation, where the most elaborate piece of equipment would be the coffee machine! Not a fan of the 'obvious' style of Australian Shiraz which took off in the 90s, McBryde’s aim is to produce wines that are not immediately accessible, but instead seductive....you need to hunt for the different flavours and then savour in them. His skills are impressive, as are the entire range of wines. Great stuff.