Hunter's Chardonnay 2022/23
Grapes for the Hunter's Chardonnay were sourced from the Rapaura and Omaka sub regions of Marlborough. The team have been using the same vineyards for many years which gives this wine a certain level of consistency. The grapes were picked by machine or hand depending on the block and pressed without sulphur to a stainless-steel vat. The cloudy juice was transferred into 500 litre French oak puncheons for fermentation. Indigenous yeasts were employed for alcoholic fermentation after which, 80% malolactic fermentation occurred. The wine was aged in puncheons on yeast lees for 12 months before racked off its lees ready for bottling. Hunter's Chardonnay displays beautiful flavours of grapefruit and citrus characters with some white peach undertones. The palate shows good balance from the toasty oak integration that complements the silky texture on the palate.
