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THE BONELINE BAREBONE CHARDONNAY 2023

Product Code: 4906
Country: New Zealand
Region: North Canterbury
Sub Region: Waipara
Style: White
Variety: Chardonnay
Producer: The Boneline

Closure: Screw Cap
Unit: Each
Volume: 750ml
Alcohol: 13.4%
Grape: 100% Chardonnay
Natural: Vegan Friendly

Original price was: $39.99.Current price is: $34.99.

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Winery notes (2023 Vintage)
"As the name suggests Barebone is our opportunity to produce a stripped back Chardonnay style that showcases the fruit from our site while still being rich in subtle complexities. We achieve this using large berried Chardonnay clones, whole bunch pressing, minimal use of old oak barrels, extended time on yeast lees.

Three qualities define this wine above all else, the first being the fruit aroma/flavour which we want to be subtle and pure. Acid structure is the second like the keystone in stone archway propping up the wine and giving it a mineral salt crunch. Finally yeast derived aroma/flavour and mouthfeel provide balance and intrigue.

The first two parcels were picked on consecutive dates mid-March and whole bunch pressed straight to a stainless steel fermenter and let to ferment wild and at warm temperature. The third parcel was picked, whole bunch pressed into neutral oak barrel and allowed to ferment wild. The fourth batch, again whole bunch pressed, and this time racked off heavy solids before warm fermentation with a neutral yeast strain. All parcels were combined shortly after fermentation and underwent 15 months of ageing on yeast lees. Lees were stirred monthly until Christmas 2023. The wine was then stabilised and bottled mid-winter 2024."

Rated Excellent & 93/100 Cameron Douglas MS, March 2025 (2023 Vintage)
"A lovely bouquet of white fleshed fruits and citrus sitting nicely alongside scents of wood, wood smoke and spice. Clean, fresh, youthful. Youthful, taut and dry on the palate, medium+ weighted with the acid line demanding attention first, then as the palate adjusts the flavours of apple and citrus emerge, pear and grapefruit, white peach and wood spice flavours. On the third and fourth sip the lees flavours and textures begin to emerge. A wine that simply needs time to settle more into itself and develop. Best drinking from lae 2026 through 2033+."

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 Boneline is a family business who started planting in 1989, continuing to craft wine exclusively from this original vineyard, in their own winery. They were one of the early Waipara vineyard pioneers, recognising the areas potential as a premium wine region.

Boneline's location was selected on the basis of meeting rigorous selection criteria: frost-free micro climate, north-facing and north of the Ashley River, with a limestone and gravel base. Grape varieties have been matched to the sites across four unique levels of terraces to maximise grape potential.

Boneline's Cellar Door offers seated tastings, a sharing-style snacks menu, a library wine selection (previous vintages), and a wine store. They also host weddings and events.

On weekends a Vineyard walkway is open for cellar door guests to walk the property and learn about the various blocks (there are 22 signs along the way).