Neck Of The Woods Chardonnay 750ml

Neck Of The Woods Central Otago Chardonnay 2020 750ML Outstanding 95100 Cameron Douglas MS 5 stars 94100 Wine Orbit 5 stars 18520 Raymond Chan Wine Reviews An intriguing bouquet of Chardonnay with aromas of white smoke and minerals sunbaked yellow stone fruits and an abundance of woodspices and nuts On the palate flavours of sweet grapefruit and lemon apple and peach The wood spice of vanilla and woodsmoke add texture flavour and complexity Generous weighty lush and salivating Im enjoying the textures and flavours palate feel and finish Overall a lovely wine Best drinking from today and through 2023 Cameron Douglas Master Sommelier Feb 2020 A graceful melody of rockmelon amp peach with creamy nutty hazelnut notesbrought to focus with an opulent and juicy citrus finish As a wine this vintage is showing splendidly considering its youth It is drinking well now and will continue to evolve as it ages Parcels of fruit were handpicked and brought into the winery as they became both flavour and phenologically ripe Whole bunches were loaded into the press and the juice gently extracted over three hours The juice was briefly settled in tank for 12 hours before then being run to barrel for fermentation All barrels were French oak of which around 25 were new Both alcohol and malic fermentations were completed over a period of six months followed by further integration and maturation in barrel for five months ABV 125