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THREE DARK HORSES CHARDONNAY 2022

You know the Shiraz – Now it’s time to try the Chardonnay

Product Code: 5608
Country: Australia
Region: South Australia
Sub Region: McLaren Vale
Style: White
Variety: Chardonnay
Producer: Three Dark Horses

Closure: Screw Cap
Unit: Each
Volume: 750ml
Grape: 100% Chardonnay

Original price was: $26.99.Current price is: $21.99.

You know the Shiraz – Now it’s time to try the Chardonnay

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This is just the 3rd vintage of Three Dark Horses Chardonnay and is available for the first time in New Zealand (the previous two sold out very quickly in Australia). A rich, full bodied Chardonnay that sits nicely between California and Hawkes Bay in style.

From a single vineyard in the McLaren Vale, the perfectly ripened fruit was given the Rolls Royce treatment in the winery with full barrel (50% new) fermentation by wild yeast. The finished wine was left in barrel for 12 months and regularly lees stirred to add texture and weight. A golden colour with ripe grapefruit and a salivating lemon drop character, this is a very tasty Chardonnay!

Winery notes (2022 Vintage)
"A single vineyard Chardonnay from the McLaren Vale. The juice is cold pressed and oxidatively handled to tank. It is cold settled for 5 days then racked to oak (50% new) for fermentation by wild yeast. The finished wine is left in barrel for 12 months and regularly lees stirred.

A very interesting nose of grilled nuts, vanilla and nougat. There is underlying peach and tropical fruit aromas. The palate is all about texture. It has flavours of peach, vanilla and nougat with good acid and an even, long finish. Drinking exceptionally well in its youth but can also be laid down for 5+ years."

5 Stars & 93/100 Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, January 2023 (2022 Vintage)
“It's wonderfully ripe and lifted on the nose showing golden peach, rockmelon, vanilla and cedar characters. The palate is equally satisfying with excellent weight and succulent fruit intensity, beautifully framed by supple texture and juicy acidity. Upfront and generous, making it highly enjoyable. At its best: now to 2026.

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 $5 for packaging. To ensure the safety of the bottles we use specially designed posting boxes.

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Established on a 22 acre vineyard in Blewitts Springs, South Australia, Three Dark Horses is located in the heart of a region known for producing magnificent red varieties, their vineyard producing Shiraz and Cabernet and including a section of 60 year old Cabernet vines. They focus on offering small-batch, hand-made, affordable wines of character that represent their unique expression of the McLaren Vale region.

The hand-made aspect is central and of highest importance to Three Dark Horses, with everything being hand made, with a shovel, basket press and with wild yeast reigning supreme.

Three Dark Horses produces variants of Shiraz, Grancahe, Touriga and Cabernet, with a milestone occuring in 2014 when they produced their first white wines, a Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc, both from the Adelaide Hills. It began when Matt, a former winemaker at Coriole, was presented with a unique opportunity to make wine from Bruno Romano’s old vineyard in the Seaview sub-region of McLaren Vale. It was an offer from his father Alan and grandfather Frank that he could not refuse.