Source: Winemaker

We are tangata whenua people of the land. We are intrinsically connected to our whenua that we protect, nurture and love.

Ripe stonefruit and citrus peel characteristics meet in a richly textured Nelson Chardonnay. Subtle hits of hazelnut, flint and spicy French Oak.

TASTE
Citrus peel and ripe stonefruit flavours

AROMA
Subtle hints of hazelnut, flint & spicy oak

COMPLEMENTS
Smoked fish with celeriac remoulade on toast

VITICULTURE
the growing season began with unsettled weather during flowering resulting in lower yields followed by a very warm and dry summer that provided ideal growing and ripening conditions a successful harvest period, with grapes being picked at optimal ripeness and flavour profile

ANALYSIS: Vintage: 2019 | Alcohol: 13% | pH: 3.23 | T/A: 6g/l | R.S: 3.7g/l

WINEMAKING

carefully hand-harvested, the grapes were gently whole-bunch pressed the resulting juice was fermented in both new and old French oak barriques the majority of barrels were fermented with specially chosen yeasts; while a small proportion were left to undergo wild fermentation weekly batonage - or lees stirring - promoted yeast autolysis which added both body and complexity malolactic fermentation naturally occurred once the weather warmed in the spring only the best barrels made the final blend, before filtering and bottling without fining