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SAINT CLAIR OMAKA RESERVE CHARDONNAY 2022

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Saint Clair give this Chardonnay the Rolls Royce Treatment!

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  • Volume: 750ml
  • Alcohol: 13.0%
  • Grape: 100% Chardonnay

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Saint Clair give this Chardonnay the Rolls Royce Treatment!

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There is nothing shy about the Omaka Reserve, Saint Clair's top Chardonnay. Selected from only the very best barrels, this is big and mouth-filling with plenty of weight on the palate. This has ripe stonefruit, smoky oak flavours in abundance. Unusually for a New Zealand Chardonnay, this is fermented in American Oak rather than French – this gives the wine more vanillin characters like many Californian Chardonnays. However, unlike the Californian Chardonnays, this also has a more complete savoury mineral character.


Winery notes (2022 Vintage)
"Perfumed aromas of charred oak, white peach and citrus with a hint of warm spice. Generous and rich with a creamy and textural mouthfeel. Flavours of white fleshy stonefruit and meringue combine with citrus notes and a hint of spice on the lingering finish.

The fruit was lightly whole bunch pressed and the juice fermented in American oak barrels, fourteen per cent of which were new, using selected yeast strains. The wine underwent malolactic fermentation, followed by nine months aging on yeast lees with regular stirring. Only the very best barrels were selected for the Omaka Reserve Chardonnay."


4 Stars Cuisine Chardonnay Tasting, August 2023 (2022 Vintage)
"A fruit-forward style with lots of lifted citrus on the nose alongside delicate orange blossoms. The palate, too, is bright and light with peaches and pastry set against toasty smoke notes. Not overly complex but, as so often is the case, simplicity done well pleases the majority."


Reviews for previous vintages below…


95/100 International Wine Challenge 2023, Judges Comment (2021 Vintage)
"Flinty mineral style overlayed with tropical melon and passionfruit overlayed with deftly balanced vanilla, spice, cedar from oak. Incredible poise and concentration, long toasty finish."


94/100 Bob Campbell MW, February 2023 (2021 Vintage)
"This is Saint Clair’s top chardonnay, given the Rolls Royce treatment to make the very best wine possible. Rich, creamy, smooth-textured chardonnay with white peach, nectarine, vanilla, hazelnut and wood-smoke flavours. A bold, mouth-filling wine with satisfying intensity and pleasing energy. Should develop well with bottle age."


4 ½ Stars Michael Cooper (2020 Vintage)
"This is typically a weighty, rich, creamy-textured wine, made in a bold, upfront style. Grown in the Southern Valleys – mostly in the company's vineyard in the Omaka Valley – it is hand-picked, fermented and matured in American oak casks (42 per cent new in 2020), and given a full, softening malolactic fermentation. The youthful 2020 vintage is bright, light lemon/green, with mouthfilling body. Vibrantly fruity, it has strong, citrusy, peachy flavours, savoury and complex, and a slightly creamy finish. Best drinking mid-2023+."


Gold Medal, dish.co.nz, May 2021 (2019 Vintage)
"All judges noted how cleansing and focused this chardonnay is. “Super elegant and precise,” said Yvonne (Lorkin). “Peaches and cream with terrific toasty, nutty intensity, superb texture and length of flavour,” said Cameron (Douglas MS), while Rebecca (Reed) was bowled over by its bright line of acid tension, lemon zest, creamy oatmeal notes. Superb."


Rated Excellent & 93/100 Cameron Douglas MS, December 2021 (2019 Vintage)
"Very enticing bouquet filled with aromas of wood spices and baked stone fruits, raw cashew nut and toasty brazil-nut scents of French oak. Complex, youthful and varietal. On the palate – a toasty, fruit centric wine with flavours apricot and apple, vanilla cream and peach, nut and burnt butter spice. Full-bodied, fresh, creamy on the palate and with a lengthy finish will please many a Chardonnay fan. Best drinking from 2022 through 2026+.

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