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Buy OnlineGold Medal – Marlborough Wine Show 2025
Great buying here on a lovely big rich Chardonnay from Marlborough. One of best sellers due to it's inherent drinkablitly, and now even more of an outstanding buy at this barely believable price!
Winery notes (2023 Vintage)
"Perfumed aromas of lemon curd with notes of toasted brioche and lifted spice. Generous and elegant with flavours of stone fruit, roasted hazelnut and integrated oak spice. Nine months maturation on lees in French oak barrels has assisted with creating a rich creaminess and fine tannin structure.
The fruit was partially handpicked and whole bunch pressed to ensure the vineyard characters and fruit flavours were preserved. The juice was barrel fermented in 100 per cent French oak (16 per cent new oak barrels) using selected yeast strains. The wine underwent malolactic fermentation, followed by nine months aging on yeast lees with regular stirring. Only the best barrels were selected for the Twin Hills Pioneer Block wine."
Rated Excellent & 93/100 Cameron Douglas MS, November 2025 (2023 Vintage)
"Excellent colour, bouquet and palate with core flavours of sweet grapefruit and white peach, there’s a layer of minerality and spice then apple and new-ish French oak complexity. Nice weight and mouthfeel with excellent texture from acidity and fine tannins, some mineral highlights and lengthy even finish.. Classic Saint Clair, well made and ready to drink from day of purchase through 2028+."
Reviews for previous vintages below…
95/100 DWWA Judge's Comments (2022 Vintage)
"The epitome of poise and elegance with ample stony mineral notes and a flourish of honeyed nuts. Intense and structured with a chalky acid crunch and energising length."
Joelle Thomson, drinksbiz Magazine, April/May 2024 (2021 Vintage)
"Marlborough Chardonnay plays second fiddle to the region’s best known white, yet wines like this one beg the question: why? Smooth, full-bodied and full of flavour, this wine is the essence of great Chardonnay. It has all the creamy nuances from winemaker talent, but also the citrusy purity and ripe nectarine, grapefruit and gentle lemon flavours of great dry whites."
5 Stars Michael Cooper, July 2023 (2021 Vintage)
"The very ageworthy 2021 vintage was grown 'predominantly' in the company's Omaka Valley vineyard, in the Southern Valleys, partly hand-picked, and fermented and lees-aged for nine months in French oak casks (33 per cent new). Bright, light lemon/green, it is full-bodied and vibrantly fruity, with concentrated peach and grapefruit flavours, gently seasoned with biscuity oak, finely balanced acidity, and a long, savoury finish. Full of youthful vigour, it should be at its best 2025+."
