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What it tastes like
Citrus, peach and subtle oak notes with fresh acidity and a smooth finish.
Citrus
Stone fruit
Oak
Additional information
- Wine
- Style
- New Zealand
- Origin
- 750ml
- Size
- 13% ABV
- Alcohol
- 0.8 per bottle
- Standard drinks
- Citrus
- Stone fruit
- Oak
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Vavasour Awatere Chard
$24.99each
The story of Vavasour Awatere Chard
Vavasour planted the first vines in Marlborough's Awatere Valley in 1986, when the valley was mostly sheep country and was thought too extreme for grapes. Peter Vavasour's family had settled the Awatere in 1890, and the first vintage followed in 1989, when his Sauvignon Blanc was named champion wine at the Air New Zealand Wine Show.
The Awatere is smaller and cooler than the Wairau Valley. The estate soils are stones and pebbles mixed with clay and loam, the rainfall is low, and the days are warm while the nights are cold. Above it all rises Tapuae-o-Uenuku, the high peak that looms over the valley.
The Chardonnay is hand picked from the estate, whole bunch pressed and fermented with a mix of natural and selected yeasts. It goes through full malolactic fermentation and is matured in French oak. In the glass that gives white peach and ripe stone fruit, brioche, a flinty edge and salted hazelnut, with citrus and lively acidity holding it up and a long mineral finish.
It has the weight for roast chicken, pork with crackling, or a creamy mushroom pasta.
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