Description
Te Mata Estate Elston chardonnay
Brilliant white gold in the glass, Elston Chardonnay ’21 has wonderfully intense aromas of golden peach, apricot, and lemon zest. Focused but flowing – this is a wine of precision, power, and poise. On the mouth-watering palate there’s oodles of ripe, white-fleshed fruit, nougat and nutmeg, integrated fine oak tannin, and just a flick of salinity. A long line of sweet citrus acidity and ripe Hawke’s Bay chardonnay fruit run through here.
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SAM KIM
A gorgeously composed chardonnay with a great degree of elegance, showing nectarine, rockmelon, lemon peel, oatmeal and roasted hazelnut characters on the nose, followed by a superbly structured palate that’s laced with ripe fruit intensity and stylish oak infusion. Bright acidity provides balance and frame, while richly textured mouthfeel leads to a persistent sensual finish.Wine Orbit, 22 February, 2023
P R O D U C E D S I N C E 1 9 8 4 , E L S T O N I S A N O U T S TA N D I N G N E W Z E A L A N D C H A R D O N NAY, G R O W N AT T E M ATA E S TAT E ’ S O L D E S T V I N E Y A R D S O N T H E H I L L S I D E S A B O V E T H E W I N E R Y. I T I S R I C H A N D C O M P L E X W I T H F L AV O U R S O F F R E S H P I N E A P P L E , W H I T E P E A C H AND NOUGAT.
WINEMAKING
Each parcel was gently whole-cluster pressed, cold settled and racked to new and seasoned French oak barrels for fermentation. The resulting wines remained in contact with their yeast lees while undergoing malolactic fermentation. The finest lots were selected for further maturation, spending a total of 11 months in barrel.
