Mills Reef Estate Hawke's Bay Chardonnay 2021

Description

• French oak
• Rockmelon
• Vanilla spice
• Medium-weight

"Aromas and flavours of peaches and sweet red apple, vanilla spice and freshly whipped cream. Oak aromas and flavours layer in a fine tannin texture and mix of new and older wood. Medium+ weight and intensity, a classic bouquet and palate. Best drinking from 2023 through 2025" Cameron Douglas, Master Sommelier, Feb 2023

This intensely aromatic wine showcases aromas and flavours of lime, mango, rock melon, with a hint of apple blossom supported with deft toasty oak.

The grapes for this fine wine were grown predominantly from our Bridge Pa vineyard, where the vines sit in rich alluvial soils, in the celebrated Triangles wine region of Hawkes Bay. The weather over the growing season was excellent, with a hot dry summer allowing the fruit to ripen perfectly for harvesting on the 10th March, upon reaching optimum flavour profile and balance.

The juice was fermented to wine in a stainless steel tank, then put to maturation for ten months, with a small portion treated to 10% new French oak seasoning.  The final wine blend was then treated to a light fining and filtering before being bottled under screwcap on the 11th of May 2022.

Food Pairing: Medium-bodied and silky smooth, this delightful wine is enjoyable on its own, or pair beautifully with prawn dumplings or a risotto dish.