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Mills Reef Reserve Chard

Name: Mills Reef Reserve Chard 750ml
SKU: 104741
Price: 21.99 NZD
Availability: InStock

Wine · New Zealand · 750ml · 13%

$21.99each

What it tastes like

Ripe peach and citrus flavours with subtle oak, a creamy texture and fresh acidity.

Stone fruit
Citrus
Oak

Additional information

Wine
Style: New Zealand
Origin: 750ml
Size: 13% ABV
Alcohol: 0.8 per bottle
Standard drinks

The story of Mills Reef Reserve Chard

Mills Reef crushed its first grapes in 1983 and is part of The Wine Portfolio, an independent, family-owned New Zealand company. Its cellars are in the Bay of Plenty, first at Bethlehem in Tauranga and, from the 2020 season, near Katikati, while the grapes come from Hawke's Bay.

The Reserve Chardonnay is made from two of the winery's top Hawke's Bay vineyards. It is partly barrel fermented and spends ten months in quality oak, which builds creamy weight and a layer of toast without taking over. It is 13.5 per cent alcohol and comes under a screwcap.

The winery describes nectarine, baked peach, rockmelon, nashi pear and ginger spice, finishing with butterscotch, clove, vanilla and toasty oak. It is a full-bodied, rich style, balanced rather than heavy, and it can be cellared for four to five years. With that weight it suits richer seafood and white meats, such as lobster, scallops or crab, or pan-fried fish with a caper butter sauce.