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St Andrews Chardonnay 750mL

At release the wine is a luminous pale straw colour with vibrant green hue to the rim The wine has ripe melon and nectarine aromas along with hints of savoury biscuit Enticing sweet spice and savoury toasted cashew nut from the French oak add complexity to the bouquet This is a mediumbodied elegant wine with flavours of white peach and nectarine stone fruit along with toasted cashew nut notes from quality French oak maturation The wine is full flavoured yet still graceful with crisp acidity keeping the wine fresh and vibrant and the oak character providing support for the fruit The finish has wonderfully haunting persistence and length Along with being 100 fermented in French oak the wine was matured in 80 new 20 1 year old French oak tightgrained which is air seasoned for 3 years sourced from Louis Latour a specialist Burgundian supplier for a period of 14 months prior to bottling In the lead up to vintage 2022 we experienced relatively mild and unusually wet conditions throughout January which delayed veraison to around 2 weeks later than average Into February mild conditions prevailed for most of the month and then it warmed up over the last few days The mild weather conditions continued into March with comfortably warm days and mild cool nights along with minimal rainfall which resulted in near perfect ripening conditions with little to no disease pressure Overall our winemakers are reporting excellent quality from the vintage Crafted for immediate enjoyment but will cellar over a medium term under ideal conditions