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2015 Waipara Hills Equinox Waipara Valley Chardonnay

$188.46 GST inc.
per case of 6

(31.41 per bottle)
Elegant and well balanced with layers of stone fruit flavours that linger on the palate.
Equinox Chardonnay

TASTING NOTES

COLOUR

Golden straw

NOSE

Fresh and complex with elegant stone fruit and a touch of smoky oak.

PALATE

Powerful and weighty, yet retaining fresh acidity. The wine unfolds along the palate with ripe white peach, nectarine and rich brioche.

SERVE

Slightly chilled in a generous glass.

PEAK DRINKING

2017 - 2021

SUGGESTED FOOD MATCH

Chicken and sage ravioli in a creamy sauce.

WINE ANALYSIS

ALCOHOL VOLUME

13.5%

ACIDITY

6.45

RESIDUAL SUGAR

WINE BACKGROUND

VINTAGE REGION

The Home Block vineyard in the Waipara Valley, with Glasnevin loam soils over gravels.

VINTAGE CONDITIONS

Frost about a month into the growing season knocked the vines back, affecting the yields. Thankfully the combination of small crops and a warm dry summer created ideal conditions to ripen the fruit quickly and produce very intense flavours. With warm autumn conditions prevailing, the fruit was harvested in perfect condition.

GRAPE VARIETY

Chardonnay

MATURATION

9 months in 100% French oak barriques and puncheons, 20% new.

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