"Refined & elegant" Wine Orbit
"Finely layered & flowing, finishing splendidly long" Wine Orbit
Perfect with seafood, roast chicken or vegetables sautéed in garlic butter
Black Market Mystery Wines™ are simply wines we love, with the branding hidden and revealed only when it arrives at your door!
Mystery Hawke's Bay Chardonnay 2022
Accolades
Awarded Gold Medal
China Wine & Spirits Awards 2023
Awarded 94/100 Points & 5 Stars
Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
Description
- French oak
- White stone fruit
- Nougat & oatmeal
- Creamy texture
"Refined and elegant, the wine shows white flesh stone fruit, lemon peel, nougat and oatmeal nuances on the nose. The palate displays excellent focus and persistency, wonderfully complemented by creamy texture and bright acidity. Finely layered and flowing, finishing splendidly long and enticing. At its best: now to 2029" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
This Mystery Chardonnay is a rich barrel fermented wine in the classic style, with the accent on complexity and fruit weight.
The fruit for this wine is sourced from two great vineyards in the Bridge Pa and Crownthorpe subregions of Hawke’s Bay. The combination of a temperate climate and free draining stony silt loams make this region a paradise for grape growing. The vineyards are planted in Mendoza and 15 clones and consistently produce concentrated ripe fruit.
The fruit was harvested, pressed and the juice run immediately to French Barriques 20% of which were new. Fermentation occurred in barrel with both wild and cultured yeast to add complexity. The wine remained in barrel for 9 months with regular batonnage to promote texture. Approximately 30% of the barrels went through Malolactic fermentation in spring to enhance mouthfeel and buttery characters
Food Pairing: Versatile with a wide range of foods, this wine is perfect with seafood, roast chicken or huhu grubs sautéed in garlic butter.
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Great, big fruity, round and full. Oak & Malo(?) combine wonderfully on the palate. A big bold dominant Chardonnay, beautiful elegant packaging. :)
Calum Mark - 15/04/2024
One of my favourite Chardy’s from one of my favourite wineries. Definitely buy another case at this price.
Keith - 13/04/2024
Wow! Over the moon with this mystery chardonnay. Nice fruit flavours with light oakiness. Perfect autumn (or any time :-) wine and great price too!
Dougal - 08/04/2024
Lovely Chardonnay - good value
Lyn - 22/03/2024
Excellent wine, great value.
Susan - 24/12/2023
Lovely wine , fabulous value
Gaylene - 21/12/2023
Just wow! A beautiful chardonnay
Helen - 19/12/2023
A very pleasant surprise [wine name] is a lovely chardonnay
Wayne - 15/12/2023
Really enjoyed this Chardonnay , great value for money
Brian - 14/12/2023
Consistently good
Josip - 11/12/2023
Lovely
Jill - 25/11/2023
Was thrilled to receive one of my favourites! Thanks BM
Jan - 21/10/2023
Excellent Chardonnay
Richard - 28/06/2023
Full of everything I enjoy.
Patrick - 02/06/2023
IT GREW ON ME - RAPIDLY!
Michael - 03/01/2024
Good Hawkes Bay Chard
Tim - 22/12/2023
Nice name for Xmas
Keith - 15/12/2023
Very enjoyable for the price
Phil - 15/12/2023
hard to understand how a bottle of wine that costs so little can taste so good.
Janine - 15/12/2023
Haven't opened yet
Ray - 14/12/2023
Would have given 4.5 if there was a bracket for that as believe a really good drinking wine but not 5 star. Over 4 but doesn't quite get to the top.
Joe - 13/12/2023
Intense nose but needs a little chilling for the best experience
Roy - 12/12/2023
Delicious Chardonnay. Not quite as buttery as I prefer but most enjoyable all the same. A great buy.
Dave - 10/12/2023
Sound flavours and lasting taste.
Margaret - 10/12/2023
Always a favourite. We love mystery wines!
Christine - 09/12/2023
Great value and lovely drinking. We were very happy when our mystery Chardonnay arrived and was from [winery name]. It does not disappoint.
Roger - 25/09/2023
Very drinkable
Robert - 09/09/2023
A nice surprize for a drop of HB chardy and so cheap
Kathleen - 04/09/2023
Nice Chardonnay and one that I have tried a few times over the last 3 vintages.
Alan - 08/06/2023
Enjoyed this wine, some complexity and nice fruit qualities
Greg - 08/06/2023
I have had this wine before and it is great value for the money ??
Joyce - 30/05/2023
Good value for money.
Janet - 15/12/2023
very nice wine
Sue - 15/12/2023
Not as buttery as we like
Jude - 27/11/2023
Value reflects rating
Hugh - 08/06/2023
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