Les Beaux Cailloux 2019

Craggy Range, tasting note (craggyrange.com – linket fra craggyrange.com, hentet 2026-10-19): 2019 Craggy Range Les Beaux Cailloux – område: Hawke's Bay; druer: Chardonnay; alkohol 13.3%; 12 måneder på fad. Producentens noter (engelsk): Les Beaux Cailloux G IMBLETT GRAVE L S, HAW KE’S BAY 2 019 HARVEST DATA VARIETAL VINTAGE DETAIL BRIX PRODUCTION LEVEL HAND HARVESTED Chardonnay Wet up until Christmas, then dry and warm through ripening peroid. Iconic. 22.5 average 55 hl/ha average 100% WINEMAKING WHOLE BUNCH DESTEMMED FERMENTATION VESSEL FERMENTATION BARREL TYPE NEW BARREL % MATURATION FINING FILTRATION BOTTLED 100% 0% French oak barriques Indigenous French oak barriques 33% 12 months Yes Yes – coarse filtration Jul - 20 WINE ANALYSIS ALCOHOL RESIDUAL SUGAR PH ACIDITY 13.3 Nil 3.2 5.5 g/l TASTING NOTE: Pale golden with a green hue. Seductive notes of wet sone, freshly grated lime zest and toasted cashews erupt from the glass. This wine is so full of life, complexity and flavour. The taught phenolics keep ripe stone fruit and grapefruit flesh in bay, but without a doubt, it is the arrow of acidity and length that define this wine. Complex as it is delicious, this Chardonnay speaks volumes of the perfect vintage and uniqueness of the varietal on the Gimblett Gravels.