Region: Waiheke Island
Accolades for
this Wine:

*****Winestate Nov/Dec 2008

Instantly appealing, with lovely, sweet-fruit flavours to the fore and a delicate seasoning of nutty, toasty oak.  Very fresh and vibrant, with excellent depth and harmony.  The best vintage yet of this label.

Cellaring: This wine will reward careful cellaring for 3-5 years.
Tasting Notes:

 

 

Wine Style:

A wine displaying layers of flavour and interest as a result of fruit from a range of vineyard sites combined with traditional winemaking techniques. Tropical and floral aromas harmonise with a nutty, mineral complexity.

 

Vineyard: This wine is produced from five vineyards located at the Western end of Waiheke Island. The vines are managed using traditional techniques such as hand leaf-plucking and shoot-thinning.  Within these vineyards we grow four different clones of Chardonnay, each contributing individual characters to the final blend, resulting in a more complex and appealing wine.
Winemaking: The grapes were hand harvested and whole bunched pressed. The settled juice was then run off to French oak barriques for fermentation. Approximately 20% underwent a natural fermentation with no intervention. The wine was matured on the yeast lees  in barrel for 10 months, which gives the wine an additional dimension and texture.  The final blend was a selection from 10 individual batches, reflecting the different clones and vineyard sites.
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