"Beautifully rounded & flavoursome" Wine Orbit
Intense aromatics of stone fruit & citrus with beautiful oak combined with buttery characters
Serve with grilled or roasted seafood & poultry dishes
Sileni Reserve Oaked Hawke's Bay Chardonnay 2019
Sileni Reserve Oaked Hawke's Bay Chardonnay 2019
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Awarded 93/100 Points & 5 Stars
Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Sep 2021
Description
- French oak
- Stonefruit
- Buttery
- Balanced acidity
"Wonderfully ripe and delightfully complex, the wine shows grilled peach, rockmelon, vanillin oak and popcorn notes on the nose, followed by a succulent palate offering creamy mouthfeel and soothing texture. Beautifully rounded and flavoursome. At its best: now to 2024" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Sep 2021
Intense aromatics of stone fruit and citrus with beautiful oak and buttery characters. These flow onto a palate that is rich and concentrated with a balanced acidity and long finish.
The fruit for this Reserve Chardonnay were grown mainly in the warm growing conditions of the Bridge Pa Triangle, with a minor component coming from their cooler Mangatahi site. This results in wines that are quite different; tropical and stone fruit characters and rounded palate from the warm site compared with a more citrus, fresher style from their cooler site. This allowed them to blend a wine that has both complexity, interest and layers of flavour.
The grapes were carefully harvested and the juice clarified before going through fermentation in stainless steel tank. The wine was then put through a partial malolactic ferment and underwent a period of oak ageing. At completion of fermentation the wine was aged for a short time on yeast lees with periodic stirring.
In ancient Greece the Sileni were companions of Dionysus, the god of wine, vineyards and theatre. When there was something to be celebrated, the Sileni were always on hand to encourage enjoyment of delicious food, great wine and social interaction. Named in their honour, Sileni Estates produces a range of wines made to be great collaborators, with a talent for enhancing flavours and textures.
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Have had this Chardonnay quite a few times now, excellent full bodied Oaked wine. Well worth the price, one of our favourites.
Shirley - 28/12/2021
One of the nicest chardonnays and a great alternative to the buttery chardonnays. Great value!
Roger - 25/12/2021
Excellent
John - 19/12/2021
Unusually bright yellow but is creamy and smooth with a ‘another glass please’ flavour.
Colin - 17/12/2021
Delicious!
John - 17/12/2021
Excellent wine.
Susan - 10/12/2021
A great example of an old fashioned oaky Chardonnay
Richard - 24/11/2021
Great value for money and it IS quite oaky, as promised.
Julie - 08/11/2021
Great buttery Charddy
Lisa - 31/10/2021
Great value for money and a lovely chardonnay...just how we prefer it...silky smooth great balance of oak..will be ordering more.
John - 30/10/2021
this sine is a fresh clean chard the colour is very yellow so expected a more intence heavy flavour. in saying this it was a great tasting enjoyable wine
Barb - 26/10/2021
excellent value
Gareth - 11/10/2021
we are really enjoying this wine
Susan - 25/09/2021
The lady of the house drinks this wine and says it has a great taste. Very good value
PAT - 27/12/2021
Love toasty wine, with stone fruit notes and lingering finish
Elizabeth - 23/12/2021
Lovely easy drinking wine
Evan - 18/12/2021
A great oaky wine. Very good value.
Phillip - 17/12/2021
Very pleasant drinking at a good price
Glenys - 11/11/2021
Excellent wine thanks
Sara - 10/11/2021
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