Tiraki Single Vineyard Chardonnay 2023

A complex and concentrated chardonnay, this wine has a citrus core with notes of lemon curd and lime complemented with riper fruit notes of nectarine and peach. Layered with hints of toasted oak, vanilla and roasted nuts, the wine has a natural fruit sweetness which balances the acidity and gives a long pure finish.

Southern valleys subregion of Marlborough this is a small gently sloping hill block with a north western facing aspect. Clay soils. Vine age 7 years.

Hand picked and whole bunch pressed. The juice was lightly settled overnight and then transferred to a mixture of french oak barriques and puncheons for fermentation 20% of which were new. The wine underwent natural malolactic fermentation in the spring and was racked to tank in February prior to bottling in March.

11 months in French oak