Black Estate Young Vines Home Chardonnay 2022

Pale straw/white gold hue. Fresh, delicate aromas of white peach, almond, flint , and vanilla. The palate is concentrated and textural with apple, nectarine, yuzu and honey with vibrant saline characters.

Fruit for this Riesling is sourced from our Damsteep Vineyard which is located in the north east of Waipara Valley at the foot of the Omihi saddle in North Canterbury. This hillside vineyard was planted in 1999 on clay and limestone rich soils. The soils in the Riesling vineyard are very dense brown to orange in color and inter bedded with sandstones and subordinate limestone horizons. This 2.2 hectare hillside vineyard has a vine density of more than 5000 vine per hectare.