Kim Crawford Unoaked Chardonnay 2015
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An approachable, full-bodied Chardonnay that shows great fruit, length, and persistence. Medium weight with a creamy texture and hints of butterscotch and lemon meringue pie show through in a style uncluttered by oak. Lifted aromas of citrus and stonefruit open up to notes of tropical fruit and pineapple.
The exceptional fruit flavour of this Chardonnay is delicious paired with fresh seafood, white meat dishes, and Camembert cheese.
This wine is the perfect balance of the fresh citrus fl avours of Marlborough and the richer stonefruit fl avours of Hawke’s Bay. Clonal selection in the vineyard is important in this style as we seek intense tropical fruit coupled with citrus characteristics. We ferment cold in temperature-controlled stainless steel to truly capture all of the bright Chardonnay fl avours from the fruit. This succulent, well-rounded Chardonnay is uncluttered by oak, yet has a nuttiness and generous mouthfeel provided by fi ve months of lees aging. Approximately 80% of the vineyard selections undergo malolactic fermentation to soften the acidity and contribute buttery notes.
Unoaked Chardonnay was the fi rst ever Kim Crawford wine, fi rst made in 1996. The original vision was to harness all of the citrus, stonefruit, buttery fl avour, and creaminess of Chardonnay, but without oak flavour, in a fresh, drinkable style. And that philosophy holds true today. It was one of the fi rst, and remains one of the most enjoyable unoaked Chardonnays of the New World.
*54% Hawke’s Bay fruit, 46% Marlborough fruit.
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