Old Coach Road Nelson Chardonnay 2020

The 2020 Old Coach Road Nelson Chardonnay packs a lot into the bottle as usual - undoubtably overdelivering on flavour. The nose has layers of toasted hazelnut, brioche and creaming soda aromas. The palate has stonefruit, toasty oak spice and supple rounded tannins leaving a long warm finish.

Careful canopy management and leaf removal around the fruit zone allowed the sun to fully ripen the grapes. After picking, the grapes were transported to the winery where they were gently de-stemmed and pressed. The juice was settled and fermented at a cool temperature to retain fruit aromas. On completion of the primary fermentation, 70% of the wine was aged in French oak for over a year. Malolactic fermentation was then completed on 80% of the blend.