2020 Corofin Chardonnay Brawn Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (1)

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View kostaslonis's profile
  • Report Issue

  2/6/2024 - kostaslonis Likes this wine:

  New Zealand London Annual Trade Tasting (Lindley Hall, Royal Horticultural Halls): A mere 3km from the ocean, Brawn (Glover) Vineyard lies south east of the Wairau Valley floor, with fertile Kaiapoi silt loam soils deposited by flooding, over centuries, of the neighbouring Ōpaoa River.
  Hand-harvested on 2nd April 2020. Whole bunches were loaded and pressed slowly over 6 hours to a small stainless steel tank with a smaller, harder press fraction separated on taste and discarded. After settling, the main press fraction was moved with a high percentage of solids to a combination of 500 litre seasoned French oak puncheons and one 300 litre stainless steel barrel, for fermentation. A full and natural malolactic fermentation finished early January 2021, after which the young wine was topped and remained on original lees in barrel, without stirring or sulphur, until April 2021. The components were then racked together to tank and sulphured where they remained on lees for a further five months until bottling in November 2021. This wine was bottled without fining or filtration.
  -/-
  Flinty, oaky notes, more fruit in palate, tight texture, med to full body, needs time

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.