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2008 Hawke's Bay Chardonnay
Description
This is a rich style of Chardonnay with the accent on strong fruit flavours. Ripe melon, nectarine and summer peach aromas abound with oak hints of cedar and spice and a long, full, yet soft finish. ideal matched with creamy pasta and white meat dishes. It is also delicious with seafood. Wonderful to drink now, or cellar until 2011.
Technical notes
Harvest date27 and 28 March 2008
BrixBrix Average 22.0
Fermentation
BottledJuly 2008
AlcoholALC. 13.5%
pH3.32
Total Acidity TA 6.2g/L
Residual Sugar2.1g/L
Vineyard
This Chardonnay is a mix of the Mendoza clone and Clone15 from the Ngatarawa and Taradale areas in the Hawke's Bay. Free-draining stony silty loams are the predominate soil type in this area. The crop was kept low and well exposed to ensure good even ripening and flavour development.
Winemaking
This Chardonnay was cool fermented with both aromatic yeasts and Burgundy style yeasts in stainless steel tanks. Once fermentation was completed, the wine was left for an extended period on yeast lees to promote textural qualities and mouthfeel. The wine exhibits pineapple and grapefruit flavours with a rich mealy texture.
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Vintage: / 2008
