Bass Phillip Premium Chardonnay 2021 wine bottle – old vines South Gippsland Chardonnay with cream label and yellow wax seal
Back label of Bass Phillip Premium Chardonnay 2021 – South Gippsland old vines white wine with winemaker notes and vintage details

Bass Phillip Premium Chardonnay 2021

Cellar or drinkWhite wineAustralia97 points - Halliday Wine CompanionCork

Australia’s answer to white Burgundy 🍋✨

Bass Phillip is one of Australia’s most iconic Chardonnay producers, with the Premium sitting just beneath the flagship Reserve—recognised as Classified (Second Growth) in Langton’s Classification and consistently sought after by collectors.

The 2021 vintage is a masterclass in cool-climate elegance: peach, lemon and sea spray meet fine oak spice, all wrapped in bright acidity, and that signature Bass Phillip creamy texture. It’s layered, poised, and quietly commanding—built to age, but already showing incredible detail and drive.

For serious Chardonnay lovers, this is a benchmark bottle from a cult Gippsland producer—one that deserves a spot in the cellar.

Drink window,2025 to 2029
Type,White wine
Varietals,Chardonnay
Vintage,2023
ABV,13.4%
Country,Australia
Region,Victoria
Sub region,Gippsland
Bottle size,750ml
Bottle closure,Cork

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Flavour & structure
Stone fruitOak & vanillaCreamy textureBalanced
Food pairing
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What the experts say about this wine

So the premium chardonnay has its mojo back. Excellent news. Tightly focused with pristine fruit of sliced lemon, white peach, powdered ginger, sea spray and umami/nougatine lees, creamy, too, with the oak superbly integrated. Complex, detailed and flavoursome with chalky acidity that corrals all those flavours in obedience finishing long and pure. What a wine..

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