Gold Medal – National Wine Awards of Aotearoa New Zealand 2025
Gold Medal – Hawkes Bay Wine Awards 2025
Winery notes (2024 Vintage)
"The Beach House Track Chardonnay is from our Gimblett Gravels vineyard on Mere Road and is 100% Clone 95. The grapes were hand-picked on the 2nd of March and were whole-bunch pressed straight to French barrels for wild fermentation in barriques (225L). 27% new oak with the remainder older barrels.
The wine was left in these oak vessels for 12 months, where it was stirred monthly to retain freshness and promote mouthfeel. 100% of the final blend underwent malo-lactic fermentation, imparting a lovely brioche character and softening the acidity.
The nose is gorgeous with grapefruit, ripe melon, and orange with a lovely flinty character. On the palate, the wine is fresh and flavoursome with remarkable length. This is a complex wine with lovely, subtle oak, stone fruit, and flint coalescing nicely."
5 Stars & 95/100 Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, October 2025 (2024 Vintage)
"Beautifully fruited and complex, the wine shows golden peach, rockmelon, vanilla, roasted hazelnut, and brioche characters on the nose, followed by a wonderfully weighted palate offering a silky texture and finely pitched acidity. Harmonious and splendidly balanced with loads of delectable flavours. At its best: now to 2030."





















