The 2012 Chardonnay gives warm apple tart and lemon curd notes with nuances of lightly browned toast, almonds and acacia honey. Medium-bodied and crisp with a good amount of expressive apple and stone fruit flavors, it has a medium to long nutty finish. Drink it now to 2015. Importers: Vignobles LVDH USA; tel. (410) 521-3726 (MD, DC, VA, NC); Dunn Beverages, MI, www.dunnbeverageinternational.com; (MI, FL).

The 2010 Chardonnay has aromas of ripe apple, peaches and toasty oak with a gentle undercurrent of butterscotch. Light to medium-bodied with a decent amount of toasted nut and apple character in the mouth, it has refreshing acid and a medium to long finish. Drink it now to 2014. Based to the north-east of Australia’s capital city of Canberra, the Lerida Estate vineyard was first planted in 1997 on the lower slopes of the Lake George Range with emphasis on Pinot Noir.Importers: Vignobles LVDH USA; tel. (410) 521 3726; (MD, DC, VA, NC). Dunn Beverages, MI, www.dunnbeverageinternational.com; (MI, FL).

The 2008 Chardonnay is a little mute on the nose to begin giving subtle aromas of apple, peach and orange blossom. Medium to high acidity and an elegant style. Creamy. Medium to long finish with good balance. Drink now to 2012. The Weemala label represents their mid-priced range of wines. Logan is a family owned winery with vineyards in Orange.Importer: Vignobles LVDH USA; tel. (410) 521-3726.

This superb producer has turned out two fine Chardonnays. The winery's second wine, Logan, has fashioned a big, luscious 1992 Chardonnay with gobs of tropical fruit in the nose. The intense purity, richness, and ripeness of fruit continues in the mouth. Drink this full-bodied, soft, mouthfilling wine over the next year.

I am not about to argue with anyone who claims this winery is making the finest Chardonnays in California. Their secondary label, Logan, has produced a 1990 Chardonnay with wonderful richness, an enthralling, spicy, buttery, mineral, and ripe apple-scented nose, and lovely, deep, nicely extracted flavors.