Description
"We make our Chardonnay how we like to drink it. We love Chardonnay with energy. It's got to be vibrant, with a real core of fruit which our Moutere clay soils deliver. Think citrus-lead fruit like grapefruit and lemonade lemons, plus a little green nectarine.
This provides freshness and purity from the get-go, and we retain this freshness through fermentation and maturation in large French oak cuves as opposed to small oak barrels. With this base we can then follow through with a bit of flinty reduction (vintage dependent) via full solids and wild fermentation, lifted spice and structure from the oak, and a mouthful of texture from warm ferments, full MLF, and a lengthy amount of time on lees. Bundle that together and tighten it up with a string of pure fresh acidity that comes naturally off the Moutere clays, and voila, you have Abel Tasman Chardonnay." - Winemaker Notes
