Millton Clos de Ste. Anne Naboth's Vineyard Chardonnay

Crisp × Elegant × Purity
96/100 Cameron Douglas MS
 
🌿Sustainable Wine🌿
🐞Organic Wine🐞
🌒Byodynamic Wine🌒
 
"The 2021 vintage is again an energetic, luminous wine. The hand-harvested grapes were gently pressed into barriques and the young juice underwent natural fermentation with vineyard yeasts. Only 10 months on primary yeast lees offers a biscuity richness to the primary fruit. Biodynamically we often talk about luminosity and this wine has a lovely brightness and smells like gold. A perfume of acorns, vanilla, and almonds welcome the finesse and delicacy combined with a full rich palate. These rich layered flavours give a chew and bite to the mouth. Complete with refreshing natural acidity. Very tactile. A calcified minerality is felt on the middle of the tongue, for which this vineyard is now well recognised, contributing to a palate of intense interest. Aging on lees for ten months adds a sweet yeast and shortbread which fills the mouth with a toasty, nutty richness. This incredible wine has length, breadth, and tension. Bottled on the property. This wine enjoys a time to rest in a decanter before serving. Unfined. Contains no animal products."
 
Chardonnay from Gisborne
Vintage: 2021
Volume:750ml