"A stylish Chardonnay; finishing long & creamy" Wine Orbit
"Textural, mouthfilling, offers youthful charm & engaging complexity" Wine Orbit
Delicious with buttery lobster ravioli with a garlic & herb sauce
Hopes Grove Estate Hawke's Bay Chardonnay 2016
Hopes Grove Estate Hawke's Bay Chardonnay 2016
Accolades
Awarded 93/100 Points & 5 Stars
Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
Awarded 92/100 Points & 4 Stars
Bob Campbell, Master of Wine, Real Review, Mar 2019
Awarded 18.5/20 Points & 5 Stars
Raymond Chan
Description
- French oak
- Ripe stone fruit
- Buttery & nutty
- Vanilla & cedar
"Bright, tangy and flavoursome chardonnay with punchy citrus, salt, mineral, stone fruit, brioche, ginger and nutty oak flavours. A high-energy wine in an elegant style with good underlying power" Bob Campbell, Master of Wine, Real Review, Mar 2019
"A stylish Chardonnay, the bouquet shows ripe nectarine, mandarin, oatmeal, vanilla and cedar characters, leading to a succulent palate that is rounded and expansive. It is textural and mouthfilling, and offers youthful charm and engaging complexity, finishing long and creamy" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
"Brilliant, light golden-hued straw-yellow colour with some depth, pale edged. The bouquetis bold and powerful with intensely concentrated aromas of ripe white and yellow stonefruits, and citrus fruit Suggestions, layered with flinty, mineral elements and nutty oxidative complexities and some toasty oak. Medium-full bodied, the palate features a fine and well-concentrated core, with a rounded mouthfeel and harmoniously entwined flavours of ripe stonefruits and citrus fruits, alongside gunflint, nutty and oxidative complexities and soft layers of toasty oak. Barrel-fermentation creaminess and soft, integrated acidity enhance the fruit richness, and the wine carries to a long, soft, deeply packed finish of stonefuits, nuts and oak. This is a complex Chardonnay with layers of stonefruit with nutty and oxidative elements, oak and flint, on a rich and rounded palate" Raymond Chan
An elegant chardonnay, with aromas of white stone fruits & citrus, hints of fresh herbs, and distinctive butter & nut flavours. Medium to full bodied, with a creamy, dry texture and a deep, concentrated core. Nicely layered and perfectly balanced with a generous, lengthy finish. Drink now, or within four to five years.
Hand picked into 10kg crates and whole bunch pressed on a slow gentle press program. Juice run straight to 100% French Oak barrels. Fully indigenous yeast barrel-fermented, batonnage, 100% MLF.
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