Volcanic Lakes is a vineyard that Andrew and Louise purchased as a derelict piece - something with promise that was half abandoned. After years of hard work, they're now making Chardonnay from this plot that they're happy with. This wine is a stunning release too - made with minimal additions or subtractions, it's gorgeously minerally and refined, a lo-fi white wine with waves of creamy, golden flavours, a little funk and this superstar minerally crystalline energy underneath: a wow wine and a Chardonnay extraordinaire.

Good Intentions is the wine label of Andrew Burchell and his wife, Louise, who moved back to Andrew's hometown of Mount Gambier in South Australia's far south east to start a family and a wine label in 2014. They now own and run two organically farmed vineyards on the extinct volcanic crater that Mount Gambier is centred around, producing wines with a very distinct taste and feel that are like little else in South Australia. The only thing missing from this story is time - over the past decade, they've released some fascinating wines under the Good Intentions label from Limestone Coast growers, but it's only since 2023 that we've had a full complement of wines from their own vineyards. And now that we're seeing the full spread of wines from their own vineyards and they're absolutely amazing, especially the beautiful Pinot and Chardonnay releases.