Chardonnay 2022

Blackenbrook

Chardonnay 2022

Bright, classy and immensely satisfying. The twelve months in barrel have only enhanced the fruity punch of pineapple, peach, and grapefruit all balanced to a fine richness that lasts on the palate.

Simply add a succulent roast chicken with all the trimmings for a relaxing night in.

 


$27.00 NZD

Tasting Notes

After twelve months in barrel, our Chardonnay 2022 is a beautifully styled wine with generous notes of toasty butterscotch and bran biscuits, a balanced acidity and a seductively long finish.

It’s our Moutere clay soils, the dazzling Nelson sun and the finger prints of our team that make our wines unique. We hope you’ll enjoy.

Read Winemaker’s Notes
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Reviews

93/100 Cameron Douglas MS

A vibrant and youthful bouquet centering on scents of white peach and apple, there’s a distinctive clay and mineralised soil attributes. The oak influences are mild with a fine layer of new wood and some light baking spice qualities. Complex and inviting.

A dry wine on the palate with flavours of apple, green pear and spice from the oak. Well made, taut and youthful with plenty of acidity for structure with some fine tannins. Best from 2025 through 2033+.

4 Stars Michael Cooper

Light lemon/green, it is mouthfilling and creamy-textured, with very good weight and depth of peachy, slightly spicy flavours, mealy notes adding complexity, balanced acidity, and a very harmonious finish. Enjoyable young, it should be at its best mid-2025+.

Vegan friendly

To make this wine, we haven't used classic fining agents such as fish, milk, or egg extracts and only minimal additives.

This means our Chardonnay is very natural and vegan friendly.

The season

It started off like a dream: a warm spring, mild conditions for flowering and a strong fruit set, lots of blue skies and just enough rainfall to keep the vineyard happy and working at its best.

But 70mm of rain followed by two weeks of warm, humid weather in February had us worried about our crop. The weather recovered, but the grapes were now fragile and wouldn’t survive another big rain event.

And where would we find pickers? Covid 19 was raging and the borders closed. But the community support was absolutely amazing with lots of people offering their help. We ended up bringing in a beautiful harvest with the best picking team ever – such a relief!