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PEGASUS BAY VIRTUOSO CHARDONNAY 2021

5 Stars
Sam Kim Wine Orbit 95 Points
Outstanding Cameron Douglas MS
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97 Points

Virtuoso = Outstanding…

  • Closure: Screw Cap
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  • Volume: 750ml
  • Alcohol: 13.5%
  • Grape: 100% Chardonnay

Original price was: $74.99.Current price is: $64.99.

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The top Chardonnay produced from Pegasus Bay's oldest Mendoza clone vines (30+ years). This is a wine of considerable power and intensity and full of the usual Pegasus Bay personality.


Winery notes (2021 Vintage)
"Virtuoso is part of our reserve series which we only make in exceptional years, provided it does not compromise the quality of our estate wines. It is a selection from the best barrels, coming from some of the oldest plantings in the vineyard.

As with all our Chardonnay’s, we use traditional Burgundian winemaking methods. The fruit was hand-picked in stages during the second half of March and then gently pressed. The non-clarified juice was then put into large French oak barrels (puncheons), 40% of which were new to achieve optimal oak balance. In these it underwent primary fermentation by the grape’s natural yeasts. The wine was then matured in the puncheons on its natural deposits of yeast lees (sur lie). In the summer after harvest, it started to go through spontaneous secondary (malolactic) fermentation. It was regularly tasted during this time and the fermentation was stopped when the ideal balance was obtained. It had approximately 10 months maturation prior to bottling.

In the glass, Virtuoso 21 exudes a radiant golden hue. The nose is striking and full, with enticing aromas of white peach, hawthorn flowers, roasted hazelnut and miso butter, underlain with subtle baking spices and a flinty nuance. There is great harmony between tension and texture on the palate, with a rich and lavish mouthfeel complimented by invigorating acidity that adds length and breadth. Powerful yet infinitely elegant, this is a multi-layered and engaging experience with a prolonged, gratifying finish."


5 Stars & 97/100 Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, June 2025 (2021 Vintage)
"Immensely complex and engaging, the bouquet presents aromas of citrus peel, golden peach, gun smoke, oatmeal, and hazelnut. It's concentrated and powerfully expressed on the palate, exhibiting outstanding weight and a creamy flow. Splendidly framed by bright acidity, leading to a persistent, sumptuous finish. At its best: now to 2035."


Rated Outstanding & 96/100 Cameron Douglas MS, June 2025 (2021 Vintage)
"Immediately complex and bold with shape, form and power. Aromas of ripe yellow stone fruits, wood smoke and lees, baked apple and quince, roasted nut and burnt butter. On the palate full-bodied, taut and new still with textures from acidity and fruit power to the same of oak and nutty-lees complexities. Delicious and fresh, a fantastic example with a lengthy and exuberant finish. Best drinking from day of purchase through 2030+."


5 Stars Yvonne Lorkin, July 2025 (2021 Vintage)
"Mat Donaldson and his team only create a Virtuoso when the fruit is exceptional, and in 2021, clearly the Chardonnay gods were smiling on their vineyards in Waipara, North Canterbury. The result is a deeply smoky, complex wine laced with baked stonefruit, charred pineapple and grilled grapefruit. Caramelised, spicy oak bolsters these veins of vibrant fruit and seamlessly integrates them into a seriously silky, deliciously muscular and elegant style which should be in every Chardonnay fan’s cellar. There’s a softly creamy ribbon running through the wine and it wraps around the smoky notes in perfect tune."

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 $6 for packaging. To ensure the safety of the bottles we use specially designed posting boxes.

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  • The Pegasus Bay vineyard enjoys the natural advantages provided by its Waipara Valley location: high sunshine hours, hot dry norwesters, closeness to the Pacific Ocean combined with good shelter from its Easterlies, a bed of ancient gravel and smooth stones enhancing drainage and overall heat retention - all conspiring to provide an ideal, prolonged grape ripening season.

  • Pegasus Bay has spaces for private events, including landscaped gardens, wetlands and lakes and two levels of well-appointed restaurant area.

  • Bob Campbell MW, of Australian Gourmet Traveller says "Pegasus Bay gets my vote for Waipara’s top winery for a number of reasons: its wines are often exceptionally good and are always made in adventurous, out of the main stream styles"

  • NZ Wine Country says "if a wine critic was not passionate about any of Pegasus Bay’s wine they should seriously consider a change in career".

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