An elegant & luscious, award-winning expression
Displaying lifted aromas of nectarine & grapefruit with a hint oyster shell
Perfect with soft French goats cheese
Mystery Marlborough Single Vineyard Chardonnay 2016 (04)
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Mystery Marlborough Single Vineyard Chardonnay 2016 (04)
Accolades
Awarded Gold Medal
Air New Zealand Wine Awards
Awarded Silver Medal
Royal Easter Show Wine Awards
Description
- French oak
- Luscious stone fruit
- Spice notes
- Lifted aromatics
Pale gold colour in the glass. Lifted aromas of nectarine and grapefruit with a hint oyster shell. An elegant palate with luscious stone fruit and spice notes. Will continue to improve and reward with careful cellaring over the next five years.
The fruit for this Mystery Chardonnay was sourced from a single vineyard on free draining, river valley soils. This block is one of the earliest vineyard sites to be harvested. The vines are Burgundian clone 95. A relatively warm site despite being further south than most of Marlborough’s vineyards. It has a similar number of growing degree days as Blenheim.
The fruit was hand-picked when it reached full physiological ripeness and maximum flavour maturity. At the winery the fruit was whole bunch pressed to ensure the best fruit flavours were preserved. After settling, the juice was inoculated with selected yeast strains. The wine was fermented in French oak barriques, a quarter of which was new oak. The wine then went through malolactic fermentation, followed by ten months ageing on yeast lees with regular stirring. The wine was then carefully blended, stabilised and prepared for bottling.
Food Pairing: Well matched with soft French goats cheese.
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Delicious!
Mauveen - 27/06/2020
Great to get some white wine with some age. Excellent value for money. Have you any more?
John - 26/06/2020
delighted with this suprise mystery wine.
Yvonne - 25/06/2020
Excellent
Peter - 25/06/2020
Lovely wine for great price. Will be trying more mystery wines.
Malcolm - 22/06/2020
Good flavour, leaning towards Sav. Blanc.
Tony - 26/06/2020
Nectarine/peach nose, with peach flavours developing in the mouth. Creamy, with nutty overtones. Great value for drinking now and during the next 12-18months.
Penny - 24/06/2020
Delicious
Ronnie - 23/06/2020
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