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Buy OnlineGold Medal – The National Wine Awards of Aotearoa New Zealand 2023
The team at Marisco vineyards in Marlborough certainly know how to produce a tasty wine for a great price. Redolent with golden summer fruits – ripe peach, apricot, nectarine, spicy oak and a mineral saline note on the finish, this ticks plenty of Chardonnay lovers boxes.
Winery notes (2022 Vintage)
"Enjoy an aromatic medley of lemon curd, white peach, fresh ginger and baking spice. The generous mid-palate champions fruit expression alongside complex notes of roasted cashews and whipped butter, from maturation in French oak. A backbone of saline acidity carries these flavours through to a texturally persistent finish.
Chardonnay fruit was harvested predominantly by hand, through the latter part of March, after which the fruit was gently whole bunch pressed into stainless steel tanks. After a short period of settling, the juice was racked and subsequently fermented in 500L French oak puncheons, of which 30% were new. Following fermentation, the wine was aged in barrel, on full lees, for a further 9 months, with periodic stirring to build weight, complexity, and mouth feel. The wine went through partial malolactic fermentation to help soften the acidity and was blended and filtered in late summer before bottling in March 2023."
Buy of the Week & Top Value, Bob Campbell MW, The Real Review, September 2023 (2021 Vintage)
"Rich, creamy-textured chardonnay with green apple, cashew nut, savoury/bran biscuit and grapefruit flavours. High-energy wine that is supported by tangy acidity and peppery phenolics. Good food wine."
Reviews for the 2021 vintage below…
5 Stars & 94/100 Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, October 2022 (2021 Vintage)
"Complex and sensually appealing, the wine shows ripe stone fruit, lemon peel, vanillin oak, and oatmeal notes on the nose, followed by a wonderfully weighted palate displaying finely layered mouthfeel together with creamy texture and elegant backbone of acidity, finishing superbly long and satisfying. At its best: now to 2027."
4 Stars & Best Buy Cuisine Chardonnay Tasting, August 2023 (2021 Vintage)
"Ripe, rich stone fruit, cream and butter with a grapefruit citrus lift on the nose that delights. The palate is juicy with taut acidity and persistence, great flavour concentration and pastry and brioche notes that add complexity. "
