This wine is made from premium Estate grown fruit planted on the cooler south-facing exposure at an altitude of 430 metres (1,410 feet). The fruit is hand picked, lightly crushed and then basket pressed - before being transferred to French oak barrels for fermentation (approximately 30% new). The resulting wine is aged slowly for up to 22 months, deep underground in our granite maturation cave.

2016 En Primeur Tasting Note: A bolder wine than 2015 and evolving beautifully in barrel: displaying white peach, nectarine, hazelnut and matchstick characters are prominent. Mineral notes and spiced oak helping to stretch the finish. Flavour intensity and power will be the signature of this 2016 vintage. Packed with flavour and considerable depth on the palate [barrel tasting notes].

Release tasting notes
Golden hue with a bright green rim. A complex signature of reductive characters; meal, the 'good dirt' and matchstick complimenting hazelnut and peach notes infused with lemon zest and ginger. The palate is taut and compact with a strong mineral edge drawing out white peach fruit. A powerful and assertive example of chardonnay that combines multifaceted flavours with latent power. The finish is compelling: minerality and acidity combine to a rapier sharp finish.

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