Community Tasting Notes 5

• Juliansi Does not like this wine: 87 points

  October 24, 2022 - Initial pour was simply not cold enough, making this Chard seem flat and 1 dimensional. Much improved as it cooled in the ice bucket, and the hints of honey, buttery finish and minerality exposed themselves.
  
  Most interestingly, this Kiwi Chard had an oily texture. The nose is rich in fresh green apples with a well balanced acidic backbone too.
  
  This is a cool climate wine from NZ's South Island at Te Muna, Martinborough. Founded by NZ Pinot pioneer Larry McKenna, it was purchased by Torbreck in 2018.
  
  Lunch with Aunts over a Steamed Pomfret in Overseas Imbi, Kuala Lumpur City centre, Malaysia - 24 Oct 2022

  Comment

• Ben Christiansen wrote:

  September 13, 2022 - No battoagne but kept on its gross lees. Malo is blocked and kept on its solids. Matchstick and gunsmoke, no yougut as they note. 8% anarobic amphora with the deliberate reductive character.

  1 person found this helpful Comment

• forceberry wrote: 91 points

  March 26, 2022 - 100% Chardonnay grown in Wairarapa, mainly in Martinborough. Fermented spontaneously in oak, aged for 11 months in oak barrels (20% new). 13% alcohol, 1,4 g/l residual sugar, 5,6 g/l acidity and pH 3,32.
  
  Youthful, luminous yellow-green color. Ripe and juicy nose with aromas of golden apples and Asian pear, some toasty notes of oak spice, a little bit of creamy oak, light sweet notes of pineapple and white peach, a hint of savory wood and a touch of smoke. The wine feels ripe and somewhat concentrated yet wonderfully firm on the palate with juicy flavors of white peach, chalky minerality, some toasty notes of oak spice, a little bit of creamy richness, light exotic notes of pineapple, a hint of sweet baking spices and a touch of apple peel bitterness. The rather high acidity keeps the wine in balance and lends nice sense of structure to the concentrated, slightly viscous mouthfeel. The finish is long, bright and quite acid-driven with ripe yet dry flavors of spicy red apple, some smoky notes of toasty oak, a little bit of pineapple, light sweet notes of ripe white peach, a hint of stony minerality and a touch of tangy salinity.
  
  A very harmonious, sophisticated and tasty Chardonnay deftly crafted in a quite Burgundian fashion. There's some sense of ripeness typical of new world Chardonnays, but the overall style is still quite low-key - despite the ripeness of the fruit this is more about nuances and layers than in-your-face fruit and even though it is obvious the wine has seen some oak, the oak influence is quite modest, lending just a good, toasty backdrop to the fruity and mineral notes. Drinking very well now, but most likely this wine will not only keep, but improve for a good number of years more. Priced more or less according to its quality at approx. 35€.

  3 people found this helpful Comments (1)

• kostaslonis Likes this wine:

  March 2, 2022 - Nicliani Portfolio tasting (Beef bar): The wine shows med intensity, oaky, a bit planky, buttery, toasty, palate is fresher and vibrant, oak more integrated, med acidity, peach, citrus, apricot, med finish, med to full body, a touch reductive still

  Comment

• kostaslonis Likes this wine:

  November 26, 2021 - Escarpment wine tasting (Oinoscent): Fermented and matured in oak for 11 months, bottled 03/2020
  In the nose the wine shows medium intensity, light touch of oak, nutty, ripe white fruit, pear, pear, quince, a few buttery/almond notes, interesting, welcoming
  In the palate, the wine shows big body, high extraction, impressive, high acidity, broad, flinty, citrus, impressive length, not the easiest of styles though but also way too young.

  Comment

Pro Reviews 1

Wine Definition

• Vintage 2019
• Type White
• Producer Escarpment
• Varietal Chardonnay
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country New Zealand
• Region North Island
• SubRegion Wairarapa
• Appellation Martinborough

Community Holdings

• Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
• In Cellars 29 (39%)
• Consumed 45 (61%)

Food Pairing

Who Likes This Wine

More About This Wine