Chardonnay Reserve 2016

Seresin Estate, tech sheet (cdn.shopify.com – linket fra seresin.co.nz, hentet 2026-10-19): 2016 Seresin Estate Chardonnay Reserve – område: Marlborough; druer: Chardonnay; alkohol 14%; 18 måneder på fad, 15% nye. Enkeltmark ifølge arket: Raupo Creek. Producentens noter (engelsk): pH - 3.27 TA - 6.1 RS - 2g/L Alc - 14% Total SO2 - 131ppm Chardonnay Reserve 2016 Vineyards - Raupo Creek Clones - 15 and Mendoza Yield - 4 Tonnes/ hectare Oak - 18 months, barrel ferment, 15% new Organic and Biodynamic Suitable for Vegetarians and Vegans Tasting Notes The Chardonnay Reserve is a wine full of concentration and poise. It has a broad mouthfeel, backed with firm acidity and salty minerality. The nose is savoury and complex, with finely-balanced oak and just a hint of warm orchard fruit. This wine will age gracefully. Winemaking The fruit was hand-sorted and whole-bunch pressed straight to barrel. Each parcel was naturally fermented in French oak, 15% of which was new, and went through naturally occurring malolactic fermentation. After 11 months in barrique and puncheons, the reserve wine was blended and transferred to old French puncheons for another 6 months. The wine was not fined and only lightly filtered before bottling. Vintage The 2016 winegrowing vintage at Seresin Estate will be remembered for a challenging cold start with a spectacular long summer. A very long and constant frost fighting season ensured the team were under pressure from the start. Towards the end of January we were predicting a later harvest than normal, but an intense long summer followed by a dry harvest period enabled us to deliver the fruit on-time, intact and without stress. The harvest itself was fast and furious, one of the most compact we have ever experienced. Viticulture Certified organic fruit was hand-picked from the rich, clay-based slopes of our biodynamically certified Raupo Creek vineyard in the Omaka Valley.