Lovely chardonnay. Fruity and flinty and controlled and persistent. Pear, white peach, lemongrass and flint characters run into lemon curd, meal, vanilla and an earthen-umami character. It’s a fine wine. It has a little bit of restraint but a good amount of flavour – and finish. Points: 94/100
From the Estate’s Gimblett Gravels vineyard at Hawke’s Bay, this is a rather muscular style of Chardonnay, with a serious future. Thoroughly enjoyable drinking. Lemon/yellow in colour, this is very much a youthful Chardonnay with notes of grapefruit, stone fruits, florals, spices, peaches and a chalky backing. This is poised and powerful, with early complexity already evident. We have good focus and seemingly boundless energy, all with impressive length. Worth putting a case or two in the cellar for up to a decade to see the wine in all its coming glory. Points: 93/100
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