Domaine Thomson Surveyor Left Bank Chardonnay

Nueva Zelanda

2022
Dry white of half-bodied grapes of a payment on the left margin of the Clutha River, located in the mountain range of Pisa, in Central Otago.
14%

Appellation: Central Otago

Grape Variety: 100% Chardonnay

Winemaking: The fruit was hand-picked on April 10. The fruit was whole bunch pressed over 5 hours. The juice was tank-settled overnight and then racked to French oak barriques (16.6% new). Fermentation commenced using indigenous yeasts. Barrels were topped weekly with no stirring.

Awards: James Suckling: 96 points
Halliday Magazine: 94 points
James Suckling: Top 100 Wines from New Zealand 2024
New Zealand Organic Wine Awards: Silver Medal
Jasper Morris [Inside Burgundy]: 90 points

Tasting Notes: Lovely first notes of peach intermingled with white flowers and a touch of wild herbs, with an underlay of minerality and refined buttery flavours. The palate shows depth and complexity, with refined fruit flavours and well-balanced acidity, while the minerality adds good structure..
Best drink: before 2030

Presentation: Cardboard boxes of 6 bottles

What do the experts say?

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Bob Campbell MW: "Chardonnay perfectly balanced with vanilla, peach, hazelnut and spicy oak flavors. Attractive purity and power contained with a mineral oyster shell suggestion"

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