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Te Mata Elston Chardonnay 2024
TEMCHA24-EL6-1EA
TEMCHA25-EL6

Te Mata Elston Chardonnay 2024

Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
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About this Wine

 
country New Zealand
region Hawke's Bay
variety Chardonnay
Style White (Medium Bodied Oaked)
vintage 2024
closure Cork
Alcohol vol. 14.0
volume 750
Brands Te Mata Estate

Tasting Notes

Aroma

Elston Chardonnay ’24 immediately reveals its richness on the nose. Aromas of crème brûlée, toasted sourdough, and vanilla intertwine with vibrant notes of grapefruit and ripe yellow nectarine. Subtle layers of oyster shell, hazelnut, and flintiness add further complexity and intrigue.

Maturation

The finest lots were selected for further maturation, spending a total of 11 months in barrel with 33% being new oak.

Appearance

Sparkling with a pale white-gold hue.

Palate

On the palate, it delivers a commanding presence—rich and textured yet finely balanced by a spine of electric acidity building delicious tension. The vivacious fruit sweetness combines elegantly with an energetic drive creating a wine of remarkable elegance and fantastic length. The 2024 vintage captures Elston Chardonnay in its ultimate form.

Vinification

Each parcel was gently whole-cluster pressed, cold settled and racked to new and seasoned French oak barrels for fermentation. The resulting wines remained in contact with their yeast lees, with a number going through malolactic fermentation.

Cellaring Potential

Elston ’24 will continue to evolve in the bottle for eight years from harvest.

Vintage Notes

The superb quality of the 2024 vintage was immediately apparent in the fully ripe grapes that were hand-harvested from their separate, individual plots within Te Mata Estate’s vineyards between 26 February and 20 March 2024.

Winemakers Comments

Elston is named for Elston Hall in Nottinghamshire, the ancestral home of Charles Darwin’s family. Darwin’s ‘theory of natural selection’ forms the basis of modern evolutionary theory, the foundation of biology. The wyvern symbol of Elston Hall appears on the label.
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Reviews

  • Dave Brookes
    1

    Chardonnay sourced from Havelock Hills, Bridge Pa and Dartmoor, Mendoza, 548 and 95 clones, full barrel ferment, 85% mlf. Light straw with aromas of juicy white peach, grilled nectarine, grapefruit and lemon fruits over hints of clotted cream, vanillin oak, soft spice, white flowers, sea breeze, nougat, grilled hazelnuts, crème fraîche, a curl of struck flint and crushed riverstone. Power with restraint, lovely stony resolve on the palate, a light creamy textural aspect and a beautiful long draw of flavour. Points: 96/100

    Halliday Wine Companion ∙ 8th Apr 2026

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