MAHI CHARDONNAY 2024

Winery notes (2024 Vintage)
"The aim for this Chardonnay is to retain a fresh structure with a complex palate. It is the vineyards, wild-ferment and barrel characters that make up the complex nose and palate.

This fruit comes from three vineyards; the Taylor Vineyard, which is in the Rapaura area, the Twin Valleys vineyard, which we have been working with since 2003 and a ten rows of Clone 1066 from the Mahi home block.

All of the vines were intensively hand-tended, and the grapes hand-picked and then taken to the winery for whole-cluster pressing. The resulting juice went straight to French oak barrels and fermented with indigenous yeast from the fruit. After fermentation the wine sat on yeast lees for eleven months prior to blending and bottling."

92/100 Stephen Wong MW, The Real Review (2024 Vintage)
"A hint of woodsmoke announces this creamy, mouth-filling chardonnay with generous flavours of nectarine, tangelo and ripe apple. Cinnamon and wood tannins interplay with the tangy acidity to rein in the fruit richness, finishing elegantly dry and fresh. This crowd-pleasing style can be approached now and will deliver enjoyment over the coming years."