Mount Riley Marlborough Chardonnay 2020

Description

• Subtle oak
• Golden peach
• Vanilla & cashew
• Juicy acidity

"Attractively fruited and inviting, the bouquet shows golden peach, rockmelon, vanilla and roasted cashew characters. It's equally appealing on the palate delivering succulent fruit intensity combined with silky mouthfeel and juicy acidity, making it delightfully drinkable. At its best: now to 2024" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Mar 2021

Bright straw in colour. Citrus and stonefruit aromas are complimented by spice, gunflint and toast from a touch of oak. An approachable wine with inviting bright fruit flavours and great texture and roundness. The oak influence delivers complexity and great intensity on the palate.

The grapes for this wine were grown in the Wairau Valley region of Marlborough. This wine is made from grape parcels where 80% was fermented in new and seasoned French barriques and 20% was fermented in stainless steel.

This style of winemaking enables us to craft a wine with bright fruit forward characters while still ensuring complexity and the depth of flavours imparted by oak influence. Partial malolactic fermentation was allowed for the barrel portion of the wine while it aged for 9 months on lees.

Food Pairing: Drinking well now; this wine will continue to drink well up to 2025. Match with seafood, light meats and cheese.