Tasting Notes
The wine has a deep straw appearance with a clean bouquet of peach and apricot, with creamy, butterscotch tones. The wine is full bodied with an oily texture and soft finish.

Viticulture
The vines were trained to four canes on a Vertical Shoot Positioned trellis. Balance shoot thinning, leaf plucking and trimming and tucking were carried out to maintain a healthy canopy and ripening conditions. The 2007 vintage was an excellent one in Gisborne with long, dry spring and ripening period, resulting in clean fruit with excellent flavours.

Food Matching
Our chardonnay is a great partner for pasta, quiches and creamy coconut curries.

Winemaking
The fruit was machine harvested on flavour criteria in cool evening conditions, de-stemmed and lightly pressed with minimal skin contact. The free run juice was lightly settled and the juice fermented in stainless steel with selected yeast strains to aid mouthfeel and texture. The wine underwent 100% malolactic fermentation in tank.

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