“A full bodied, barrique fermented Chardonnay with intense aromas of peaches and butterscotch. This is an elegantly structured wine with concentrated stonefruit and citrus flavours. The palate is well balanced with integrated premium french oak, leading into a long seductive finish.”
The grapes for this single vineyard wine are a special pick from our own sustainably certified vineyard. Low vigour vines, combined with leaf and green fruit removal, ensured only the most concentrated and intensely flavoured fruit remained. Fully ripened bunches of clone 15, Mendoza and clone 6 Chardonnay were hand picked on 31st March and 18th April 2012.
Handling in the winery was very gentle. The grapes were whole bunch pressed and the juice transferred to french oak barriques for fermentation. 100% barrique fermentation with 25% new oak barrels. We allowed full malolactic fermentation then aged the wine on yeast lees for 14 months. The best barrels were then selected and blended together to create an elegant, full bodied, finely balanced and complex wine.
- Winner – Colin Harrison Memorial Trophy
for Nelson’s Top Chardonnay - Gold medal – New Zealand International Wine Show
- – 5 Stars (94 points) – Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
- – 5 Stars – Yvonne Lorkin, Wine Writer
- – 5 Stars – Neil Hodgson, Wine Writer
- – 5 Stars – Cameron Douglas MS
…oozes toasty, bacony oak, boatloads of grilled peach and grapefruit and buxom butterscotch characters…
Yvonne Lorkin
Wine Writer, Wine Judge…flavours meander from soft peach with a hint of cream to elegant butterscotch characters all bound together with ripe acidity that gives the wine a wonderful long finish…
Neil Hodgson
Wine WriterElegant, flavoursome Chardonnay with peach, nectarine, grapefruit, toasted nut and spicy oak flavours. Moderately complex and concentrated wine with a pleasing texture and lingering finish…
Bob Campbell
Master of Wine…complexity and weight in a seamless transition from the nose – toasty, nutty and fruity. Fantastic!…
Cameron Douglas
Master Sommelier…pristine fruit flavours of white peach, grapefruit and rockmelon with subtly infused vanillin oak. It’s concentrated and focused on the palate with creamy texture and expansive mouthfeel…
Sam Kim
Wine Writer and Senior Wine Judge
