'Awarded 93pts... An elegantly styled chardonnay' Wine Orbit
"Quite an intense, funky wine with seashell mineral, grapefruit, citrus, struck flint and savoury bran biscuit and spicy oak flavours." Bob Campbell
Perfectly matched with roasted snapper or grilled scallops.
Man O' War 'Little Beast' Waiheke Chardonnay 2016
Limited time special.
Man O' War 'Little Beast' Waiheke Chardonnay 2016
Accolades
Awarded 93/100 Points
Sam Kim Wine Orbit
Awarded 92/100 Points
Bob Campbell MW
Awarded 17.5/20 Points
Raymond Chan
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"An elegantly styled chardonnay, the bouquet shows grapefruit, white stone fruit, lemon peel and almond characters with subtle flinty complexity. The palate is focused and finely textured, and displays excellent mid palate weight and acidity, leading to a beautifully long, finely drying finish. Restrained yet persistent and engaging. At its best: now to 2020." Sam Kim Wine Orbit, April 2017
"Quite an intense, funky wine with seashell mineral, grapefruit, citrus, struck flint and savoury bran biscuit and spicy oak flavours. A taut, high energy and quite complex chardonnay in a strongly reductive style but with an ethereal texture. Drink 2017 to 2022." Bob Campbell, MW May 2017
The 2016 Little Beast Chardonnay has aromas of golden fleshed stone fruit, green apple and baking spice and a floral lift. The palate is deliciously juicy with a sweet ripe entry, and a clean dry finish.
Perfectly matched with roasted snapper or grilled scallops.
Little Beast Vineyard, clone UCD 15 was planted in 2002 in the volcanic clay hilltops surrounding the Stony Batter reserve. Pruned to a single arched cane with careful shoot positioning and no leaf removal, the canopy is upright, low and porous. The fruit was picked based on acidity (10.3 g/L TA) and flavour, hand harvested and whole bunch pressed. The resulting juice was taken directly to old French 500 litre puncheons, un-fined and cloudy for fermentation. A natural, un-inoculated fermentation began and continued to dryness with no temperature regulation giving a savoury edge to the wine. The wine remained in barrel and underwent malolactic fermentation before being settled and racked twice for an early bottling in the Spring.
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This is lip smackingly luscious. Buttery and fragrant
Lynn - 02/04/2018
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