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Buy Online"What’s the best value wine you stock?"
It’s the question we hear most often in the shop—and while we have plenty of contenders across all price points, it’s hard to go past this cracking Chardonnay for sheer quality at an unbeatable price.
The 2024 Leefield Station Chardonnay follows in the footsteps of its multi-gold medal-winning 2023 predecessor (which most recently picked up gold in the UK). It’s crafted from hand-harvested fruit, fermented and aged in oak (30% new), with extended lees aging and full malolactic fermentation—classic techniques used in premium Chardonnay production to build texture and depth.
The result? A vibrant, fruit-laden Chardonnay bursting with ripe peach, apricot, and nectarine, layered with subtle spice from the oak and a lick of mineral salinity on the finish. It’s rich, expressive, and seriously overdelivers for the price.
A true ‘fill your boots’ wine—don’t miss it.
The Leefield Station vineyard project is a relatively recent addition to the Marisco range. Purchased in 2013 for partial vineyard conversion, the Leefield Station is an iconic Sheep and Beef station located in the heart of the Waihopai Valley, Marlborough and owned by Brent Marris and family.
Winery notes (2024 Vintage)
"Leefield Station Chardonnay 2024 has fragrant notes like white peaches and fruity candies, well paired with the refreshing acidity and subtle toasty oak flavours. The combination of richness and freshness is perfect for those who enjoy a well-balanced white wine.
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 winewent through partial malolactic fermentation to help soften the acidity and was blended and filtered in late summer before bottling in March 2025."
Excellent & 93/100 Cameron Douglas MS, December 2025 (2024 Vintage)
"A lovely wine with a cool climate, ripe citrus outline and flavours to match. Grapefruit then apple, citrus pith and lemon the a mineral quality suggest stone and some clay. Dry and taut on the palate with plenty of acidity accentuating the citrus, then a seam of leach flavour emerges as the wine opens out in glass. Some lees and wood spices also emerge. Balanced and well made with best drinking from early 2026 through 2030."
