Collaboration Verdant Chardonnay 2022
$45.00 inc. GST
Accolades:
93/100 – Cameron Douglas MS
“Ripe, fleshy, varietal and inviting bouquet of wild peach and apple, there’s a layer of citrus and lees, a distinctive mineral quality with shape and form. On the palate a wine of texture and mouthfeel, flavours of citrus and lees autolysis, a fine chalky quality, white peach and a light waxy quality. Plenty of acidity with a light yoghurt MLF note. Balanced, medium-weighted, well made, dry on the finish and delicious. Best drinking from 2024 through 2029+.” – Cameron Douglas MS
Tasting Note: Kokako Vineyard, Ohiti Valley. Vibrant, elegant & textural sandstone aged Chardonnay. Citrus- lime and lemon, intertwined with a refreshing mineral accent and lovely yeasty, bready notes. Stylish, textural entry with a moreish savoury, saline finish. Bright, tight and linear. Beautiful purity, texture and length. Delicious.
Winemaking Notes: Hand-picked & whole bunch pressed, releasing only the finest free run juice to a handcrafted sand-stone jarres. Natural primary fermention & malo-lactic fermentation followed by ageing on lees for 10 months. Stirring occasionally to taste to support the lees in suspension. Unfined & Unfiltered. The unique “coralie” shaped jarre is crafted with broad shoulders and a narrow base to allow the lees to naturally and lightly remain in suspension throughout its winemaking life. The sandstone jarre has a porosity of < 2.5% allowing for very long slow micro oxidation in comparison to a barrel which is 3-5% porosity resulting in greater micro oxidation. The jarre beautifully expresses the more crystalline and mineral components of the Chardonnay particularly accentuating it’s purity, freshness and linear high tension, which lends itself to the high acidity, intense citrus and minerality of resulting wines from the Ohiti Valley. 2022 was warm from early spring with frosts a rarity. Summer started warm but La Nina produced February rains which threatened to throw a disease- shaped spanner in the works. However, a return of warm, dry weather before harvest averted disaster and careful hand picking ensured only the top quality grapes were picked.
Alcohol: 13.5%
Variety: Chardonnay
Region: Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand
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