"A generous wine that delivers in a crowd-pleasing style" Bob Campbell, MW
"A gorgeously opulent palate that is succulent & creamy" Wine Orbit
Delicious with spit-roasted wild pork or freshly caught crayfish!
Mystery Wairarapa Chardonnay 2018
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Mystery Wairarapa Chardonnay 2018
Accolades
Awarded Trophy: Top NZ White Wine
Texsom Judges' Selection
Awarded 94/100 Points & 5 Stars
Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Jul 2019
Awarded 93/100 Points
Cameron Douglas, Master Sommelier
Awarded 92/100 Points & 4 Stars
Bob Campbell, Master of Wine, Real Review, Oct 2019
Description
"Wonderfully ripe and inviting, the wine shows yellow peach, fig, cedar and vanilla characters on the nose, leading to a gorgeously opulent palate that is succulent and creamy. It is flavoursome and silky with excellent weight and intensity, together with elegant complexity, making it highly enjoyable. At its best: now to 2023" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Jul 2019
"Intense, smooth-textured Chardonnay with ripe peach, grapefruit, cashew nut, ginger and spicy oak flavours. A generous wine that delivers in a crowd-pleasing style. Should become even more interesting with bottle age" Bob Campbell, Master of Wine, Real Review, Oct 2019
You will see aromas of melon, stonefruit, biscuit and toasty oak. The palate is rich and textural, with creamy complexity and a long, elegant finish. Whilst delicious now, this wine will continue to develop in the bottle over the next decade.
2018 was a fantastic growing season for Chardonnay resulting in low yields of ripe, concentrated fruit. The grapes were hand harvested to ensure optimal condition.
The fruit for this wine was whole-bunch pressed straight after picking, with the cloudy juice then being transferred directly for fermentation into French oak barrels, with 40% new oak, using a mixture of cultivated and wild yeasts. Once fermentation was complete, the wine was left on lees in barrel for approx. 11 months to promote texture and mouthfeel, before preparation for bottling.
Food Pairing: Spit-roasted wild pork or freshly caught crayfish!
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Very nice for the price
Gae - 27/04/2020
Excellent wine real value for the price
Anna - 17/04/2020
Great value for money. A lovely surprise
Lucy - 31/03/2020
Another great drop of local Chardonnay.
Alison - 08/04/2020
Had this before and I am happy to receive it as a mystery wine.. good drop.
Jane - 04/04/2020
A little dry for me and does not have the buttery taste
John - 19/04/2020
Not my favourite style of chardonnay.
Stephanie - 08/04/2020
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