Punch Lance’s Vineyard Chardonnay 2017 wairau-river a blend of Tempranillo

a blend of Tempranillo

Food Match: Osso bucco or any rare meat dish

roses and spring flowers

This offers a richer and more seductive nose with complex and deep notes of ripe apple

Condensed on the palate

Punch Lance’s Vineyard Chardonnay 2017 wairau-river a blend of TempranilloWhole bunch pressed directly to French oak (33% new) for wild fermentation, and 11 months maturation on lees. Gleaming, pale straw green; it is the complexity, integrity and length of Yarra Valley chardonnays as good as this that show the limitations of warmer regions' wines. Here white peach nectarine flavours lead the way, albeit with complex texture and structure built on the back palate by citrussy acidity and the positive influence of seriously