WAIPARA SPRINGS PREMO CHARDONNAY 2010

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VINTAGE NOTES

Brix: 24.5-25 Bx
Oak: 100% French Oak (35% new)
Alcohol: 14.0%
Titratable Acidity: 6.8-7.1 g/l
Residual Sugar: 4 g/l
pH 3.3-3.5

 

Cellar Notes

Twenty eight-year old un-grafted Mendoza clone Chardonnay vines have produced a wine of intensely concentrated flavours and aromas. Un-fined juice with full solids underwent a ‘wild fermentation’ in French oak barriques to create a wine of structure and complexity.

Tasting Notes

This wine has been crafted from ungrafted 28 year old Mendoza vines grown on limestone rich soils. It is a complex wine showing subtle aromas of toasted almond and brioche. The palate is rich and beautifully balanced with great minerality, which is built around the ripe phenolic structure of this wine. This wine will reward patient cellaring. Food: Match with chicken or vegetable pasta dishes.

Awards

Pure Gold Medal, 2011 Air New Zealand Wine Awards

Reviews

Coming from Mendoza clone fruit and barrel fermented in French barriques, 15% new, the 2009 Premo Chardonnay offers delicate, restrained notes of lemon curd and peach blossom with a little toasted almond and touch of fresh bread. Full bodied, rich and tightly-knit, it has a wonderfully creamy texture and is well balanced by crisp acidity, finishing long and yeasty / savory with hint of grapefruit. Consider drinking this one 2012 to 2016+. 91/100 eRobertParker.com Oct 31 New Zealand: Pure New Zealand, Lisa Perotti-Brown

An elegant wine, showing subtle aromas of stone fruit, cashew and oatmeal. The palate is concentrated and beautifully textured with perfectly pitched acidity. 2011 Air New Zealand Wine Awards 

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