How modern Chardonnay should be — bright, subtle
and delicious.

Juicy summer stone fruits and a refreshing squeeze of citrus roll across the palate, layered with a salty, rockpool minerality and just a suggestion of oak. Subtle lees work adds roundness, giving the wine shape and volume while keeping it effortlessly fresh.

It’s sleek, balanced and quietly complex — the kind of wine that feels indulgent, yet sits happily at the table any night of the week.

Tiritiri Chardonnay continues to prove itself one of New Zealand’s best-value Chardonnays. It is a constant in our fridge, a wine that delivers again and again.

Variety: 100% Chardonnay

Clonal Selection: Mendoza, 15, 95, 8021, 548

Soil Type: Moutere Clay Gravels and Waimea Alluvial

Seasonal Detail:
The 2023-24 growing season was splendid, marked by a welcome return to an El Nino weather pattern, and more stable weather conditions without dramatic temperature or rainfall extremes.

Summer months were dry and warm but followed by an “autumnal” finish to the season. A superb season producing wines with fruit intensity and poise.

Harvest: 14th - 23rd March 2024

Processing: Whole bunch and machine harvested fruit. No or minimal settling.

Fermentation: Paritial wild yeast, high solid fermentation.

Fermentation Vessel: Partial barrel fermentation, 10% new. French Oak – medium toast.

Maturation: 10 months on full lees with minimal battonage. Then followed by 2 months, on fine lees, in stainless steel tank.

Malolactic: 100%

Fining: None Filtration: Coarse Vegan: Yes

Bottling Analysis: 14.0% Alc, 3.37 pH, 6.5 g/L TA, Dry

Full Bottle Weight: 1,165 g