There's a whole lot of generosity in this delicous white. Peach, nectarine, a bit of yellow fruit, this is full-flavoured Chardonnay with a serious flavour flourish - you know straight away that you're drinking a Chardonnay and then just when it threatens to get too toasty, the finish is so crisp and refreshing.

Sitting on a ridge above most of the Lower Hunter Valley vineyards, the Briar Ridge property feels different. Quieter, more peaceful, even a bit wilder, with roos in the vines and endless eucalypt forests just a skip away. Here, nestled among the undulating hills and valleys of Mount View, the Davis family have carved out a legacy for Hunter Valley wines that taste different, too. Sure, the focus here is still on some of the most famous wine styles of the region - including Shiraz, Semillon and Chardonnay from the now forty-five-year-old vines - but they taste different than your usual Hunter wines. The Davises can't sit still either, with their Hunter Valley wines complemented by a range from Wrattonbully in South Australia (for full-bodied reds) and Orange in NSW (for cool whites) to deliver a range that feels at once classical but also proper eclectic too.