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ELEPHANT HILL SEA CHARDONNAY 2020

Product Code: 5858
Country: New Zealand
Region: Hawkes Bay
Sub Region: Te Awanga
Style: White
Variety: Chardonnay
Producer: Elephant Hill

Closure: Screw Cap
Unit: Each
Volume: 750ml
Alcohol: 14.0%
Grape: 100% Chardonnay

Original price was: $63.99.Current price is: $59.99.

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Winery notes (2020 Vintage)
"The SEA wines are grown beside the winery at Te Awanga, within a couple hundred metres of the Pacific Ocean. The coastal influence produces wines that are refreshing and beautifully aromatic, with a distinct, saline mineral edge. This limited release wine is a wonderful example of cool, coastal Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay from a fabulous vintage.

100% Sea vineyard (Te Awanga). 88% clone 15, 12% clone 95, handpicked on 7/3 and 14/3. Whole bunch pressed to barrel, natural primary ferment, partial malolactic (natural). 18 moths on light lees, occasional stirring, 12 moths barrel (25% new), 6 moths in tank."

5 Stars Michael Cooper (2020 Vintage)
"Estate-grown and hand-picked at Te Awanga, the very classy 2020 vintage was fermented and matured for a year in French oak casks (25 per cent new). Bright, light yellow/green, it is fragrant and full-bodied, with deep, vibrant, stone fruit flavours, mealy, complex, harmonious, and long. Still unfolding, it is a stylish, very savoury wine, likely to be at its best from 2024 onwards."

5 Stars & 95/100 Bob Campbell MW, The Real Review (2020 Vintage)
"Taut, yet ethereal wine with lime zest, lemon blossom, salty/oyster shell/mineral, hazelnut, and spicy oak flavours. Very Chablis-esque, From a coastal vineyard at Te Awanga. 12 months in barrel, six months in tank, all on light lees."

5 Stars & 95/100 Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, October 2022 (2020 Vintage)
"Gorgeously styled and expressed, the wine shows apricot, rockmelon, nougat, savoury pastry and lemon peel aromas on the nose. The palate has a wonderful weighty mouthfeel combined with creamy texture and bright acidity, finishing impressively long and expansive. At its best: now to 2030."

95/100 David Walker Bell, WineFolio.co.nz, May 2022 (2020 Vintage)
"Briney, with a delicious crushed shell note immediate on the nose. Aromas of citrus, with hay, orange blossom, pear and chestnut. Lively, with a youthful zest and purity into the palate. Great acid line and purity, as well as a good dose of personality."

Rated Excellent & 94/100 Cameron Douglas MS, October 2022 (2020 Vintage)
"There’s a rush of aromas from vanilla and oak baking spices, smoke and stony soils then fresh juicy stone fruits from peaches to apricot then apple and grapefruit peel. Youthful, new and enticing. Full-bodied with a satin through coarse silk texture, warm and generous with a saline touch to the acidity. Flavours of peaches and oak interact with a lushness to the fruit and bite to the oak. Fine tannins and medium+ acidity, weight and intensity, power and impact. Oak and vanilla, stone fruits and wood spices, a brazil nut butter quality, plenty of weight and texture with a long finish. Youthful, well made and ready to drink or cellar for another 1-3 years. Best drinking from late 2023 through 2030."

5 Stars & 18.5+/20 (94) Candice Chow, Raymond Chan Reviews, October 2022 (2020 Vintage)
"Bright, pale straw yellow with a faint green sheen, even colour throughout. The nose is elegantly full, with power, citrus, stonefruit and hazelnut aromas interweaving, underlying pastry and creamy lees. Full-bodied, aromas of lemon curd, apricot and a suggestion of pineapple enriched by roasted hazelnut, pastry and delicate spice. The wine is powerful with weight, tension, and quality new oak provides an unctuous mouthfeel and lends a sweet-fruited, long finish. This Chardonnay shows tension from the Te Awanga coastal influence and a powerful palate with new oak and sweet fruit. Will benefit from further ageing. Serve decanted and match with roast guinea fowl and crayfish mornay over the next 8+ years. 100% fruit from Sea vineyard in Te Awanga, 88% clone 15 & 12% clone 95, whole bunch pressed to barrel, naturally fermented to 14% alc, partial MLF, aged 18 months on light lees, 12 months in barrel, 25% new oak and 6 months in tank. 575 cases produced."

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Elephant Hill is located in sunny Hawke's Bay on the eastern side of the North Island, taking full advantage of the warmth provided by high sunshine hours and low rain fall.

Elephant Hill hand picks their grapes for the purpose of extreme selectivity.

They have their own state-of-the-art biological water treatment system, allowing them to recycle winery waste water back into clean water.

Elephant Hill enjoys a wide range of terroirs across its three Hawke's Bay vineyards, including ancient stony river beds, shingle and clay. These soil types and micro climates provides single-vineyard wines and complex blending options.

The Vineyards span renowned Hawke's Bay sub-regions:
- Te Awanga Vineyard (coastal)
- Gimblett Vineyard in the Gimblett Gravels wine district (inland)
- The Triangle Vineyard in the Bridge Pa Triangle region