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Type: White Wine
Country: New Zealand
Region: Central Otago
Code: FELT585
Very Burgundian in style with good mineral quality and great ageing potential. The new oak influence is very subtle and contributes most obviously to the structure and complexity of this wine without masking the fruit. Organic, biodynamic, Felton Road estate is a slave to meticulous winemaking and the quality of the wines has established it as the country’s most prestigious estate.

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Producer

Felton Road

Owner, Nigel Greening along with Winemaker Blair Walters and viticulturist Gareth King have established Felton Road into one of the world’s iconic producers of Pinot Noir. Writer James Suckling goes as far as describing Felton Road as the “DRC of New Zealand”. Beginning with meticulous site selection and vineyard design which started in 1991, Felton Road's story is one of refusal to compromise. A strict 100% estate policy with f...

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Tasting Notes

Benchmark Bannockburn Chardonnay. Pure grapefruit zest, citrus, stonefruit kernel, a hint of roasted nuts, all bound in brightening acidity. Very clean and already showing some length, which will no doubt build gracefully.

Food Matches

An excellent match with lobster bisque risotto.

Vinification

Various clones of Chardonnay were carefully hand harvested from Cornish Point and The Elms vineyards. The grapes were whole bunch pressed with the juice flowing to barrel by gravity after overnight settling. Fermentation in French oak (mostly well-seasoned barrels with just 10% new) with indigenous yeasts has produced a wine with considerable complexity. A long and complete indigenous malolactic fermentation with only periodic stirring of the lees (Batonnage), combined with 11 months on full lees; has softened the acid for a rich and complex mouthfeel. In accordance with our noninterventionalist approach to winemaking, this wine was not fined or filtered after spending 13 months total in barrel.

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