Variety: 100% Chardonnay harvested from the Estate vineyard

Viticulture: Grown on vertical shoot positioned trellis in a mixture of stony shingle and clay loam soils providing different characteristics and flavours. Minimal use of sprays and some labour intensive attention to detail with hand leaf plucking and picking has produced fruit of fantastic quality from a superb growing season.

Specifications:

Alcohol:	14.0%
PH:	3.45
TA:	5.8g/l
Residual sugar:	3g/l
Locality:	Dakins Road

Winemaking: Hand picked, whole bunch pressed and transferred to a combination of French and American oak for fermentation with natural and cultured yeasts. Minimal malolactic fermentation, barrel stirred monthly and aged on yeast lees for 8 months. Selectively blended, minimally filtered and bottled in February.

Tasting Notes: Lifted fruit aromas of nectarines and pineapple have integrated harmoniously with the oak to produce a wine of great texture with creamy, nutty characters on the palate. This wine shows depth of fruit and great palate weight that is enjoyable now and also in the ensuing years and will cellar for the next 8 years.

Awards:
2005 Chardonnay. Gold Medal Wine for Asia 2005. Silver medal 2005 New Zealand International Wine show. Silver Medal 2005 Liquorland Top 100. 4 stars Winestate Nov.2005.
Chardonnay 2003. Bronze Medal 2004 Royal Hobart Wine Show.
Chardonnay 2002. Bronze Medal 2004 Bragato Wine awards.
Chardonnay 2001. Silver medal 2002 Air New Zealand Wine Awards.
Chardonnay 2000. Silver Medal 2001 Liquorland Top 100