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PYRAMID VALLEY CENTRAL OTAGO MĀNATU CHARDONNAY 2023

Product Code: 31476
Country: New Zealand
Region: Central Otago
Sub Region: Cromwell / Lowburn / Pisa
Style: White
Variety: Chardonnay
Producer: Pyramid Valley Vineyards

Closure: Screw Cap
Unit: Each
Volume: 750ml
Alcohol: 14.0%
Grape: 100% Chardonnay
Natural: Certified Organic, Vegan Friendly

Original price was: $53.99.Current price is: $43.99.

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Named after the ribbonwood (mānatu) tree, our Manatu vineyard sits in a sheltered valley in Central Otago's Lowburn sub-region. On the farm's northern edge, the Chardonnay vines grow on a stony, ancient river terrace producing grapes with pure lemon zest and white flower characters alongside a long citrus and steely texture.

Winery notes (2023 Vintage)
"Intriguing powdery soft lemon colour. Beautiful lemonwood floral notes alongside creamy mascarpone, pikelet and grilled lemon. Very composed symphony of white nectarine, Meyer lemon, grilled hazelnut finishing with salty electric acidity and a sense of rich crème fraiche. Composed and decadent, if a wine can indeed be that.

Biogro certified and farmed with a regenerative mindset utilising diverse cover crops to build soil health. From the Swann R oad blocks on our Pyramid Valley Mānatu vineyard in the Lowburn sub region of Central Otago. Mendoza, Monte, 95, 548 clones of Chardonnay planted at 1.6m x 1.2 m resulting in 5208 vines/ha. Soils are predominantly loess over deep silts and gravels. Harvested: 31 March – 6 April 2023.

Hand picked and whole bunch pressed, transferred to barrels without settling. Wild ferment in French oak 28% new, and left on lees without sulphur for 12 months prior to being racked to tank in April 2024 to spend a second winter on light lees. Bottled unfined and unfiltered in August 2024."

Rated Outstanding & 95/100 Cameron Douglas MS, March 2023 (2023 Vintage)
"A bouquet showing both complexity and youth, scent of fresh yellow stone fruits and grapefruit peel then layers of wood spice and leesy barrel ferment qualities. A mix of brazil-nut butter and smoky spices then a stony mineralised soil quality. On the palate a dry wine with a citrus drive reflecting the ideas of grapefruit and peel then a green peach and apple quality. Fine tannins from both fruit and oak and a backbone of acidity frame the wine well. Taut and youthful with a positive reduction highlight – so plenty of time to cellar, no rush to open please. Best drinking from 2027 through 2031+."

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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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Pyramid Valley's story began in the slopes and soil of North Canterbury at Waikari Estate. In 2000, Mike & Claudia Elze Weersing applied their impressive array of knowledge in viticulture, oenology, and biodynamics to this plot of land.

Steve Smith and Brian Sheth took the reins in 2017 to continue the legacy of spectacular winemaking. Some of the world's most profound Pinot Noirs and Chardonnays have been produced at Waikari, its combination of fertile soil and high-altitude slopes constituting a unique terroir over 80 hectares of perfectly placed plantings.

In 2018 the scope of Pyramid Valley's wine environs expanded with the purchase of Manata Estate in Central Otago. This established (over 150 years) vineyard has bolstered the magnificent Pinot Noir offering of Pyramid Valley, due to soils of rare distinction - the result of careful culivation resulting in soils with high levels of organic matter and natural humus.