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Gold Medal – Marlborough Wine Show 2024
Gold Medal – The National Wine Awards of Aotearoa New Zealand 2024
Gold Medal – Dish Magazine 2024
Gold Medal – The Global Chardonnay Masters 2024
We have been fans of the Brancott O Chardonnay for a while, so it was not a huge surprise to see that the previous 2022 vintage picked up the top award for overall champion wine of the show at the 2023 NZIWS. It sold out almost overnight, so we have been looking forward to the 2023 release ever since.
This is a Chardonnay that is just simply delicious – probably the best tasting note there is! Golden fruits, a layer of smoky flint on a creamy, butterscotch palate. It is a fantastically rich Chardy where the 40% new oak is easily soaked up by the luscious golden fruits. Wild fermentation, lees stirring and full malolactic has added complexity and texture.
From what many would consider a 'classic' Marlborough vintage, this release offers the upfront plush drinkable style that many of you have fallen in love with from the previous vintages!
Winery notes (2023 Vintage)
"Crafted from grapes sourced from top-performing Marlborough vineyards, each wine is made in a distinctive style to reflect, not only the flavours of the region, but also the fine art of winemaking. The goal; a perfect harmony of aroma, flavour, structure and body.
This is a highly textured wine with flinty characters which marries beautifully with strong stone fruit and citrus notes, toasty and mealy complexity. Scattered throughout are notes of nutmeg and clove with floral highlights of jasmine. The luxurious palate is rich, soft and full of peaches, cream and toasted hazelnuts all combining to give a full textural finish."
94/100 Decanter World Wine Awards 2024 (2023 vintage)
"Serious bouquet of fresh fig and golden peach with flinty mineral tones. Crisp palate with complex core fruits and a fresh popcorn finish."
Dish Magazine Chardonnay Tasting, September 2024 (2023 Vintage)
"Scented with grilled grapefruit and greengage plum, here’s a mineral-focused example with excellent balance and structure, nutty notes and a smoky, edgy, full-bodied mouthfeel. Impressive tension and length of flavour."
90/100 Erin Larkin, RobertParker.com, December 2024 (2023 Vintage)
"The 2023 Letter Series O Chardonnay leads with gently toasty reduction, some buttered popcorn, curry leaves, yellow peach and shortcrust pastry. In the mouth, the wine is full flavoured and intense, with loads of flavour, acid, oak and curry leaves. There's a lot to like here, although it is obvious and rambunctious in its outlay of flavour. Subtlety is not an asset here."
