Leefield Station Chardonnay 2022

Enjoy an aromatic medley of lemon curd, white peach, fresh ginger and baking spice. The generous mid-palate champions fruit expression alongside complex notes of roasted cashews and whipped butter, from maturation in French oak. A backbone of saline acidity carries these flavours through to a texturally persistent finish. Leefield Station Chardonnay 2022 pairs well with most white meat and seafood dishes as well as creamier pastas and soups. Try alongside the humble yet flavoursome wild mushroom risotto.

Waihopai Valley, Marlborough

A mix of both hand and machine-harvested fruit; the hand-harvested fruit was wholebunch pressed directly to barrel, while the machine-harvested Chardonnay was completely de-stemmed and the juice settled prior to fermentation. All batches were fermented cool in 500L French oak puncheons, 30% of which were new. Following fermentation the wine was aged in barrel, on full lees, for a further 9 months, with periodic stirring to build weight, complexity and mouth feel. 80% of the batches underwent malolactic fermentation.

Aged in barrel on full lees for 9 months with periodic stirring.