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"A single vineyard Chardonnay from Two Terraces Vineyard in Mangatahi, further inland than the Roys Hill vineyards. The Mangatahi terraces were shaped by the Ngaruroro River approximately 15,000 years ago. . Two Terraces Vineyard Chardonnay is a part of our project to highlight some of the most unique, single vineyards in Hawke’s Bay. This vineyard is owned by Ian and Linda Quinn.
The soils here are a silt/sand loam running to depths of 20-40cm and were laid down by the river's ancient flows, along with windblown loess and some volcanic influence from the North Island's Central Plateau. These soils sit above so-called alluvial red metals. The Chardonnay clone is 548.
The fruit was 100% hand-picked, then whole bunch pressed to French oak barriques for fermentation. As with all of our Chardonnays, the Two Terraces Vineyard Chardonnay was fermented with indigenous yeast. The wine spent 11 months in oak prior to bottling; there was no fining or cold stabilisation.
The more elevated, inland site with cooler overnight temperatures gives the 2024 Trelinnoe Vineyard Chardonnay a beautiful acid backbone while showing full, ripe fruit and great texture. Classic Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay, moderately tight and restrained in its youth but with time it will open up to a rich, food friendly wine."
94/100 Erin Larkin, RobertParker.com, Wine Advocate, June 2026 (2024 Vintage)
"The 2024 Two Terraces Vineyard Chardonnay is spicy and fulsome, from relatively young vines of Clone 548. This is a new single-vineyard wine from the Two Terraces vineyard, "and four single-vineyard Chardonnays is probably about right," says Winemaker Warren Gibson. The wine is textural and abundantly phenolic, with loads of fruit here—peach, pear, apple, licorice and white pepper. The wine has partially (that is, half the barrels) gone through malolactic fermentation, and it has a nutty, creamy character that works very well. This is more opulent in style than the Kaikora Vineyard Chardonnay, but the acidity remains taut and saline, providing freshness and detail to the fruit and an extra layer of framework. This is a great wine."
