Church Road Grand Reserve Hawke's Bay Chardonnay 2019

Description

• Ripe stonefruit
• Baked bread
• Citrus
• Fresh acidity

A fuller bodied and creamy textured Chardonnay balanced by gentle, fresh acidity. Ripe stonefruit, fresh citrus and subtle floral notes are overlaid with complexities of roasted nuts, fresh baked bread, and a flinty minerality. Already drinking exceptionally well, with careful cellaring we expect this wine to continue to mature gracefully for 5 years or more from vintage date.

A complex, multidimensional Chardonnay with a core of stonefruit and citrus is overlaid with aromas of roasted nuts, toasted sourdough, gunflint and a hint of smoke. The palate is powerful yet restrained and savoury with fine texture, great length and balanced fresh acidity.

Church Road Grand Reserve wines are produced only in exceptional vintages. The very best low-cropping vineyard blocks are targeted for selective hand-harvesting to yield wines with the greatest possible flavour, depth and concentration. In the winery these wines are made using small batch, traditional winemaking techniques that emphasise texture, structure and subtle complexity, while still letting the fruit shine through.

Church Road embraces Old World winemaking with one arm and technological advancements with the other. And it all begins with fruit grown in Hawke's Bay. Church Road Winery, renowned for being the first in New Zealand to craft exceptional quality Bordeaux style red wine, pioneered the creation of the Hawke’s Bay wine industry. Church Road wines are crafted using the most exceptional quality fruit from vineyards across Hawke’s Bay, together with traditional winemaking techniques to create highly acclaimed award-winning wines.

Already drinking exceptionally well, with careful cellaring we expect this wine to continue to mature gracefully for 5 years or more from vintage date.

Food Pairing: Ideally matched to seafood, poultry and lighter game dishes, particularly with an element of creaminess.