Certified organic, the 2021 vintage (4.5*) was hand-picked in the estate's vineyards at Roy's Hill and Mere Road, fermented and matured for seven months in French oak barriques (20 per cent new), and given a full, softening malolactic fermentation. Bright, light yellow/green, it is a weighty, sweet-fruited wine, with generous, ripe fruit flavours, showing very good richness, complexity and harmony, and a very smooth finish. Delicious young.
Details
Type: White Wines
Variety: Chardonnay
Vintage: 2021
Overall Rating for All Vintages Tasted: ★★★★✰ – 4.5 Stars
Price: $27 NZD
Sweetness: DRY
Value for Money: V+
Past Vintages:
Vintage: 2019; Winemaker’s Rating: 7/7; When to Drink: 20 – 26
Vintage: 2018; Winemaker’s Rating: 7/7; When to Drink: 20 – 26
Vintage: 2017; Winemaker’s Rating: 6/7; When to Drink: 20 – 24
Vintage: 2016; Winemaker’s Rating: 5/7; When to Drink: 20 – 22
Vintage: 2015; Winemaker’s Rating: 6/7; When to Drink: 20 – 22
Vintage: 2014; Winemaker’s Rating: 6/7; When to Drink: 20 – 21
Vintage: 2013; Winemaker’s Rating: 6/7; When to Drink: P – P
Notes: WR provided by wineries. P = Peaked.
Reviewed March 2022