100% Amphora fermented - an exploration and celebration of our Moutere Clays.

A wine of tension and texture that celebrates both power & grace.

However, this wine is in no way, tense.
It is serene, meditative, contemplative and confident.

There is a stillness here - like stepping into an ancient stone, cool cathedral. Monumental and grounded.

The palate is lifted by a savoury lick of salt-block minerality and a whisper of summer citrus.

Unshackled from tradition, the result is a contemporary, delicious wine for the chardonnay obsessed or averse.

A complex and captivating nod to the old world.

Site: Rosie’s Block - Upper Moutere, Nelson

Aspect: 90m Elveation, North West Facing

Soil Type: Moutere Clay Gravels

Soil Composition: Deep sand loam, with clay content (19%). Little stone content.

Vineyard Established: 1999

Farming: Dry Farmed, Organic (Biogro: #5438)

Variety: 100% Chardonnay

Clonal Selection: 548, Mendoza

Hand Harvested: 100%

Seasonal Detail: The 2023-2024 growing season was splendid, marked by a welcome return to an El Nino weather patter, 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: 15th - 21st March 2024

Processing: 100% whole bunch press. 48 hour settling.

Fermentation: 100% Wild Yeast, High solid fermentation

Fermentation Vessel: 100% Clay Amphora

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

Malolactic: 100% natural spring malo

Fining: None Filtration: Coarse Vegan: Yes

Bottling Analysis: 13.5% Alc, 3.25 pH, 6.4 g/L TA, Dry

Full Bottle Weight: 1,165 g