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MAN O’ WAR VALHALLA CHARDONNAY 2021

Product Code: 5325
Country: New Zealand
Region: Waiheke Island
Style: White
Variety: Chardonnay

Closure: Screw Cap
Unit: Each
Volume: 750ml
Alcohol: 14.5%
Grape: 100% Chardonnay

Original price was: $52.99.Current price is: $46.99.

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Winery notes (2021 Vintage)
"A classic Valhalla Chardonnay, the 2021 has a rich golden hue with masses of smoky, nutty, and savoury aromas balanced with citrus and stone fruits. The palate is equally rich and ripe with great palate depth balanced with vibrant citrus notes and a maritime freshness. The tannins are structured to complement the acid profile providing a salivating appeal designed to freshen the palate and allow the drinker to delve further into the bottle… Drink now or enjoy for a decade.

The 2021 Valhalla Chardonnay is hand picked off our steep dry farmed vineyards ranging from sheltered south facing clay hillsides to elevated and exposed volcanic sites. All our Chardonnay parcels are hand harvested and bunch sorted in the winery before being macerated prior to pressing. Un-fined and with the solids mixed, the juice undergoes a spontaneous fermentation. The fermenting juice is then transferred to large format barrels for fermentation which is hot hard and fast peaking at about 32 degrees. The wines are left on gross lees in puncheon until Spring and are then sulphured to prevent Malolactic fermentation. After 11 months the wine is racked once to the blend."

Rated Outstanding & 95/100 Cameron Douglas MS, November 2024 (2021 Vintage)
"A super inviting bouquet of brioche and baked goods, ripe yellow peach and baked apple, Brazil-nut and spice. Full-bodied and dry, there’s a light creamy texture then impacts from the fruit and fine tannins, acidity and smoky oak. Well made and rather delicious with best drinking from day of purchase through 2030."

93/100 Bob Campbell MW, The Real Review, July 2023 (2021 Vintage)
"Rich, almost luscious wine with tropical fruits, peach, oyster shell and spicy oak flavours. Mouth-filling chardonnay with warming alcohol. Generously proportioned, with appealing complexity."

Reviews for previous vintages below…

5 Stars Michael Cooper (2019 Vintage)
"Made from 'our finest barrels of Chardonnay', this tightly structured wine is estate-grown at the remote, eastern end of Waiheke Island. Hand-harvested and fermented with indigenous yeasts in French oak puncheons (36 per cent new), the 2019 vintage is a pale yellow, powerful, weighty wine with rich, ripe stone-fruit and nutty oak flavours, balanced acidity and a long, dry finish. Still very youthful, with a commanding presence, it's well worth cellaring to 2023+."

We provide a door to door delivery service nationwide. Delivery charges are calculated on a 12 bottle case or part there of.

Delivery charges are calculated during the checkout process based off your address post code. Please ensure you choose the correct post code. We will advise you if you have chosen the incorrect post code.

You may also choose to 'pick up' your order from our wine shop at 188 Durham Street South, Christchurch.

For further details on prices and delivery options please go to the Delivery & Returns section of our site.

If for any reason you are not entirely happy with your order or you suspect that it may be affected by a quality issue, please do not hesitate to contact us and we will remedy the problem straight away. Contact us on (03) 3655134.

Note, for orders of 1 - 2 bottles we charge an additional $5 for packaging. To ensure the safety of the bottles we use specially designed posting boxes.

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