TW Reserve Gisborne Chardonnay 2022

Description

• American & French oak
• Peach & pineapple
• Toasted hazelnut
• Luscious & silky

Wonderfully ripe Gisborne Chardonnay with tropical flavours of golden mango, peach and pineapple with richness of nutty oak and cream. Unabashedly a tropical fruit bomb, this season’s TW Chardonnay delights the senses with flavours of juicy golden mango, peach, and pineapple. Enveloped with aromas of honeysuckle, lightly toasted hazelnut and cream, the velvety rich palate is a seamless expression of fermentation in barrique. The silken finish gifts tantalizing flavours of gently whipped cream drizzled with mango syrup. Once again, for the luscious Chardonnay lover.

Harvested during a sunny window of opportunity, the fruit for this silken Chardonnay was always going to shine through a healthy dash of oak. Once gently pressed, the juice was slightly clarified before being fermented in American and French barriques. Aromatic and wild yeast along with cool temperatures during ferment maximised the intensity of tropical fruit flavour as well as the complexity and integration of the oak. Full malolactic fermentation gives creamy richness and wonderful length. This wine was traditionally fined with fresh skim milk prior to bottling.

Food Pairing: Enjoy this succulent Chardonnay with scallops wrapped in prosciutto, slowly barbequed chicken and fresh salmon with capers.