Neck Of The Woods Central Otago Chardonnay 2019/2020 750ML

A graceful melody of rockmelon & 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.