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Te Muna Estate
Martinborough
Butterworth
Chardonnay 2020
$48.00
Sweet lifted oak, cedar and spices jump from the glass, followed by apricot and peach. Richly textured with the racy acid line Te Muna is famous for. There's length and breadth and a chalky, oyster shell finish.
Very limited availability.
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| 94 Points DECANTER - March 2022 |
| Supremely elegant and seductively complex, showing nectarine, fresh fig, roasted hazelnut and vanilla characters with a hint of brioche on the nose. The concentrated palate exhibits excellent focus and flow, wonderfully enhanced by creamy texture and beautifully pitched acidity, finishing impressively long and refined. At its best: now to 2030. $48.00. www.butterworthestate.com. July 2021. |
| 95 pts and 5 Stars Sam Kim Wine Orbit - July 2021 |
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Winemakers Notes
The grapes were hand-harvested, then whole bunch pressed straight to barrel without settling. The juice was fermented in one 500 Litre Puncheon and three older barriques to bring complexity. Once dry, the wine went through Malolactic fermentation while receiving 4 lees stirs over 4 months. The wine sat without sulphur until one week before blending in February. The wine received no fining, and only a light filtration before bottling.
Harvest date: 19th March, 2020 - Brix 20.7, pH 3.05, TA 10.9 g/L
Wine analysis: Alc. 13.5 %, pH 3.15, TA 6.00 g/L, Residual sugar <1 g/L
Oak Maturation: 100%, 50% in one new 500L puncheon.
Bottling date: 7th May, 2021
Allergens: Contains sulphites
