Community Tasting Note
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Enobesra82 wrote:
September 27, 2016 - Viticulture
This Chardonnay was sourced off selected blocks from Ohiti Road, Church Road and Haumoana. The crop loads were on the whole fairly light, around seven tonnes per hectare. These blocks are all on the Mendoza or 15 clones. The vines vary between 10 and 20 years of age, are low cropping and have the best flavour fruit development.
Winemaking
The wine was made from both handpicked (60%) and machine picked fruit The handpicked fruit is whole cluster pressed and the machine harvested fruit crushed normally. The pressing is light to achieve low extraction from the skins and ensure a wine with delicate and subtle nuances. The whole bunch pressed juice was barrel fermented, partly with indigenous yeasts in French oak, 20% new. Barrel ageing on the yeast lees has given optimum oak integration and complexity. There was no MLF.
Tasting Notes
Colour is pale gold. The aromas are complex and sweet, showing toasty stone fruit aromas with hints of tropical fruit and flinty notes. The palate is rich with a fine structure with forward fruit and a long clean finish. The texture is more in the style showing off mineral qualities. As always with our Reserve Chardonnay styles this wine has a fine finish showing great persistence and freshness.444 views