Chardonnay 2024

Palliser Estate, tasting note (fusws.api.aspedia.io – linket fra palliser.co.nz, hentet 2026-10-19): 2024 Palliser Estate Chardonnay – druer: Chardonnay; alkohol 13.5%. Producentens noter (engelsk): Palliser Estate Chardonnay 2024 An elegant style of Chardonnay full of stonefruit characteristics, minerality and complexity. WINEMAKER Medium lemon with gold flecks Best from now until 2032. Guy McMaster FOOD PAIRING A beautifully ripe and expressive nose of golden peach, nectarine and vanilla, mingling with Beurre Noisette and almond meal. Enjoy with roast chicken or pork, or creamy mushroom pasta 28% of the fruit from our organic vineyard Om Santi with the balance from the Woolshed vineyard. The clonal mix is 37% Clone 548, 49% Clone 95, 10% Clone 15 and 4% 2/23 . Sumptuous and creamy in the mouth with luscious stone fruit and vanilla oak complexity, the wine is full-bodied and powerful, with notes of creme brûlée and apricot danish on the finish. Picking Date: March 2024 Bottling Date: March 2025 Alcohol: 13.5% pH: 3.21 TA: 6.5 Handpicked, whole bunch pressed and fermented in french oak barrels by the yeast from the vineyard. After fermenation is complete the barrels are kept topped and some lees stirring on selected barrels adds complexity and texture to the wine. After 10 months in barrel the wine is racked clear to tank and bottled in March 2025.