Gibbston Valley China Terrace Single Vineyard Central Otago Chardonnay 2019
- New Oak
- Honey dew
- Citrus
- Long finish
White gold colour. Profuse honeydew melon and sweet white florals enliveny the nose. The palate expands with silken power and grace, expanding with layers of sweet beauty. The fruit plays the major role, overlaying very subtle barrel tones.
A seamless Chardonnay with length and purity.
A very high quality vintage, in spite of a severe October frost. Warm spring and summer conditions gave even bunch weights and moderate yields. Benign conditions continued through to picking, with sufficient rainfall to keep vines healthy. Fruit at harvest was in beautiful condition, with good acidity and ripeness.
The China Terrace Vineyard is located in the Bendigo subregion of Central Otago. Gently sloped and north facing, it has 4 clones of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay planted over some 7 hectares. Being over 320m, its retains a coolness relative to Bendigo’s natural warmth. This, and the complex accumulation of loess, clay and schist in its soil, gives wines of fresh, bright complexity.
Drawing from Gibbston Valley’s™ most intriguing vineyards,the Single Vineyard range gives full voice to site.
Fruit is encouraged to ripe evenly, and picked when flavours are in the citrus / peach / mineral spectrum. The winemaking is simple: handpicked fruit is very gently pressed to a maximum yield of 550 L/ tonne, then sent directly to barrel on full solids for fermentation. Fermentation and MLF are indigenous. The wine spends 10 months in 25% new oak; with a mix of puncheons and barriques being used.
With its poise, acidity and freshness, this Chardonnay will comfortably cellar 10-15 years.
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Gibbston Valley China Terrace Single Vineyard Central Otago Chardonnay 2019
Gibbston Valley China Terrace Single Vineyard Central Otago Chardonnay 2019
- New Oak
- Honey dew
- Citrus
- Long finish
White gold colour. Profuse honeydew melon and sweet white florals enliveny the nose. The palate expands with silken power and grace, expanding with layers of sweet beauty. The fruit plays the major role, overlaying very subtle barrel tones.
A seamless Chardonnay with length and purity.
A very high quality vintage, in spite of a severe October frost. Warm spring and summer conditions gave even bunch weights and moderate yields. Benign conditions continued through to picking, with sufficient rainfall to keep vines healthy. Fruit at harvest was in beautiful condition, with good acidity and ripeness.
The China Terrace Vineyard is located in the Bendigo subregion of Central Otago. Gently sloped and north facing, it has 4 clones of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay planted over some 7 hectares. Being over 320m, its retains a coolness relative to Bendigo’s natural warmth. This, and the complex accumulation of loess, clay and schist in its soil, gives wines of fresh, bright complexity.
Drawing from Gibbston Valley’s™ most intriguing vineyards,the Single Vineyard range gives full voice to site.
Fruit is encouraged to ripe evenly, and picked when flavours are in the citrus / peach / mineral spectrum. The winemaking is simple: handpicked fruit is very gently pressed to a maximum yield of 550 L/ tonne, then sent directly to barrel on full solids for fermentation. Fermentation and MLF are indigenous. The wine spends 10 months in 25% new oak; with a mix of puncheons and barriques being used.
With its poise, acidity and freshness, this Chardonnay will comfortably cellar 10-15 years.
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Description
- New Oak
- Honey dew
- Citrus
- Long finish
White gold colour. Profuse honeydew melon and sweet white florals enliveny the nose. The palate expands with silken power and grace, expanding with layers of sweet beauty. The fruit plays the major role, overlaying very subtle barrel tones.
A seamless Chardonnay with length and purity.
A very high quality vintage, in spite of a severe October frost. Warm spring and summer conditions gave even bunch weights and moderate yields. Benign conditions continued through to picking, with sufficient rainfall to keep vines healthy. Fruit at harvest was in beautiful condition, with good acidity and ripeness.
The China Terrace Vineyard is located in the Bendigo subregion of Central Otago. Gently sloped and north facing, it has 4 clones of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay planted over some 7 hectares. Being over 320m, its retains a coolness relative to Bendigo’s natural warmth. This, and the complex accumulation of loess, clay and schist in its soil, gives wines of fresh, bright complexity.
Drawing from Gibbston Valley’s™ most intriguing vineyards,the Single Vineyard range gives full voice to site.
Fruit is encouraged to ripe evenly, and picked when flavours are in the citrus / peach / mineral spectrum. The winemaking is simple: handpicked fruit is very gently pressed to a maximum yield of 550 L/ tonne, then sent directly to barrel on full solids for fermentation. Fermentation and MLF are indigenous. The wine spends 10 months in 25% new oak; with a mix of puncheons and barriques being used.
With its poise, acidity and freshness, this Chardonnay will comfortably cellar 10-15 years.
