Restless River Ava Marie Chardonnay is a cool-climate, old-vine chardonnay with bright citrus, flinty minerality and beautifully restrained oak

Creation Chardonnay delivers citrus blossom, ripe pear, white peach and a flicker of minerality in one seriously classy Cape white

The Avontuur Disa Gorge Chardonnay is a polished white wine that’s great to drink

Le Lude’s Madàme Brut Millésime is a refined, citrus-bright sparkler with a crisp, grown-up finish – understated luxury in a glass

Capensis’s Silene Chardonnay 2023 is an elegant, high-altitude Cape white with citrus, peach and mineral finesse – a quietly luxurious weekend pick