"Firmly structured by bright acidity, promising to evolve gracefully" Wine Orbit
"A brilliantly focused palate that offers excellent weight & linear mouthfeel" Wine Orbit
Delicious with a creamy mushroom risotto or buttery lobster linguine
Te Awanga Estate Hawke's Bay Chardonnay 2019
Te Awanga Estate Hawke's Bay Chardonnay 2019
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Awarded 93/100 Points & 5 Stars
Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Nov 2019
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"Exhibiting a great degree of restraint, the wine shows white flesh nectarine, lemon pith, flint and oatmeal aromas on the nose, leading to a brilliantly focused palate that offers excellent weight and linear mouthfeel. It is firmly structured by bright acidity, promising to evolve gracefully. At its best: mid-2020 to 2027" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Nov 2019
A classic, generous Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay with an attractive nose of grilled grapefruit, vanilla and hazelnut. A full, rich palate with lovely citrus, bright acidity and layered toasty oak complexity. Will cellar beautifully for up to five years and with careful cellaring up to ten.
Premium grapes were first grown in Te Awanga at the beginning of last century. The warm coastal climate, gentle sea breezes and shallow clay soils combine to produce award winning wines of great varietal flavour and finesse. The Mendoza and Clone 15 Chardonnay vines range from 14 to 20 years old with a combination of rootstocks. Expert canopy management, including shoot thinning and leaf plucking, has ensured vine health, ideal flavours and clean, ripe fruit.
A combination of machine and handpicked fruit was gently pressed and run to a mixture of new and used French oak barriques and stainless-steel tanks for fermentation. The wine rested on lees for ten months where it underwent a partial MLF. It was gently stirred every couple of weeks for four months before it was blended, lightly fined and bottled in late 2018.
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