Description / Reviews
"This single vineyard Masters Chardonnay is from Helen and Ben Masters home block 4km south of town. Here the soils have a higher clay content which brings concentration, while the cooler aspect of the site heightens florals and acidity. These vines are now 23 years old and showing a singular expression unique to this site.
The 2024 vintage was a dream vintage for the region; Helen Masters describes it as the best vintage she has seen in her 22 years as Ata Rangi Winemaker. What really set it apart was great canopy balance with a cool dry March that allowed for exceptional phenolic ripeness combined with bright crystalline acidity.
The nose combines notes of toasted fennel seeds, white cardamon, lemon pith and fresh biscuit. On the palate flavours of lemon grass, orange blossom and almond are carried by bright clear acidity. The acidity is held in place by fruit weight and fine phenolics. The palate finishes with a long delicious almost salty character which is a hallmark of this site. A wonderful combination of power, precision and elegance." - Ata Rangi, Winemaker
"A simply brilliant wine. Tasted over 4 days, a complex and enticing wine with layers of ripe fruits, a judicious and balanced measure of oak, layers of spice and complexity that are giving yet not dominant nor intense. Rather, an intriguing wine with a mineral and saline quality, flavours of grapefruit and apple, white fleshed stone fruits and complexities from lees and wood spice, earth-smoke of stone and clay. Excellent drinking from day of purchase through 2032+." - 97 Points, Cam Douglas MS
