France
Moderate Maritime
Graves: blended with SB, styles from fruity & fresh to fermented, matured in new oak with nutty, toasty flavours, complex with long ageing potentials
Australia
Warm Maritime
Warm Mediterranean
Hot Continental
Hunter Valley: early harvest with light body, L alcohol (10~11%), H acidity, unoaked style, neutral in youth but develop complex aromas of nutty, hay with 5~10 years of bottle age
Barossa Valley: oak style with fuller body, lower acidity compared to typical Hunter Valley style, but with less ageing potential
some producers pick fruit earlier for a lighter style with little or no oak influence
Riverina: botrytised sweet styles with full body, honey, peach, orange