MILLTON OPOU VINEYARD CHARDONNAY 2021

Winery notes (2021 Vintage)
"There is an immediate eye appeal which is shining and the floral aromas of orange and white blossom together with honeyed notes and nutty acorns which lead into a clean fresh yet soft complexity. It smells like yellow and tastes like the words from AA Milne.

With time in the glass, the taste progresses towards a long and rounded mouth texture clipped with cleansing acidity and framed by silken tannins. It is soft and appealing and the mouth flavours have not been altered with any additional fining from animal products so it is an honest expression from our place to your face. Enjoy."

Reviews for the 2020 vintage below…

Rated Outstanding & 95/100 Cameron Douglas MS, June 2024 (2020 Vintage)
"Fantastic bouquet of complexity and ripeness, depth and quality. Perfectly balanced with core flavours of minerality and depth, white peach and apple, quince and gentle lees spice highlights. I love the flinty, gentle reductive layer then uncompromising fruit flavours of peaches and apricots, spice and mineral. Best drinking from day of purchase through 2026+. Excellent value."

95/100 David Walker Bell, WineFolio.co.nz (2020 Vintage)
"A Chardonnay from well-regarded biodynamic producers in Gisborne, in a legendary vintage. A pale green-gold in the glass. An airy and lifted bouquet of fresh hay, lemon zest and flinty struck-match minerality also shows more golden notes of apricot and peach with a good swirl. A busy rush of bright acidity starts the palate. It is bold – that flavour of ripe fruit enriched with toasty oak. Densely packed but artfully balanced – feeling both modern and old school at once. A rich creaminess adds to what develops into quite a well-weighted expression. A polish to the finish that has great length."