Te Awanga Estate Trademark Hawke's Bay Chardonnay 2018

Description

• French oak
• Peach & nectarine
• Lemon curd
• Supple & seamless

"From 25-year-old vines in Havelock North. Concentrated, textural Chardonnay with peach, nectarine, bran biscuit, spicy oak and a solid thread of struck-flint and mineral flavours give the wine a nod in the direction of Burgundy. A serious Chardonnay with cellaring potential" Bob Campbell, Master of Wine, Real Review, Nov 2019

A wine made with future complexity at its heart. Struck stone and flint on the nose with lemon curd, stone-fruit and a biscuit layered lees influence. The palate is supple and seamless with a persistent lingering finish.

Perfectly ripe fruit with a taut acidity and an average of 23.5 Brix produced a lusciously flavoured grape, lemon, melon, nectarine all layered together. Planted on an 25 year old vineyard in Havelock North at the base of Te Mata Peak and grown carefully to extend hang time and allow a slow ripening before harvesting by hand. Pressed and run to French oak barriques for a natural wild ferment and further rest through the cool winter temperatures. Allowed to warm in Spring for a natural malolactic ferment and then settled before bottling in March, 2019.