Neudorf Vineyards

"Invigoratingly cool chardonnay"

Mike Bennie

2025

Neudorf Rosie's Block Amphora Chardonnay

Neudorf Rosie's Block Amphora Chardonnay

Saline | Balletic | Intriguing

$55.00 NZD
$55.00 NZD
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95/100 – "Invigoratingly cool chardonnay, in the copacetic sense." – (The Wine Front, Mike Bennie)

2024 Vintage Accolades:

96/100 – "Beautiful and one of a kind" – (Halliday Wine Companion, Shanteh Wale)

96/100 – “Focused... with a promising future” – (Bob Campbell MW)

94/100 – “Concentrated, savoury and stony” – (The Real Review, Stephen Wong MW)

17.5/20 – “Smoky nose with massive energy” – (Jancis Robinson MW)

Match With

Much like the simple approach to winemaking, this wine should be served with simple fresh seafood and not much faff.

  • Neudorf Rosie's Block Amphora Chardonnay. Single vineyard, organic Nelson chardonnay.
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Mike Bennie

Wine Details

Organically Certified BioGro 5438 | Moutere Clay Gravels | Single Vineyard | Low Cropping | Hand Harvested | Wild Ferment | Natural Spring Malo | 100% Clay Amphora Fermented | Unfined | Vegan | Lightweight Glass Bottle | Solar Powered Winery

There is a beautiful weightlessness to Amphora. Delicate, but never slight; rounded and complete, it lacks for nothing.

Gardenia, biscuit and marzipan sit naturally alongside fennel, nori and a fine minerality. There is a striking clarity — savoury, refreshing and brilliantly drawn.

The palate moves with balletic precision, held in suspense between lightness and strength. Texture and depth build almost imperceptibly, the wine seeming to hold its breath as it walks a tightrope between generosity and restraint.

Unshackled from tradition, its nuances hide in plain sight, revealed in the space where oak might have been expected.
Intriguing, assured and moreish. Serious Chardonnay taking the less obvious line.

Chardonnay. Unadorned.

Vineyard

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 season began dry before shifting to a wetter-than-usual October, with an exceptionally warm December brining ideal flowering conditions. While the Christmas and early January period posed some challenges, a return to warm, settled weather through February and March improved ripening. Occasional rain showers kept canopies refreshed, leading to a smooth, trouble-free harvest. The season produced wines of both volume and generosity.

Winemaking

Harvest: 17th - 31st March 2025

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, 3.33 pH, 6.6 g/L TA, Dry

Full Bottle Weight: 1,165 g

Organically Certified BioGro 5438 | Moutere Clay Gravels | Single Vineyard | Low Cropping | Hand Harvested | Wild Ferment | Natural Spring Malo | 100% Clay Amphora Fermented | Unfined | Vegan | Lightweight Glass Bottle | Solar Powered Winery

There is a beautiful weightlessness to Amphora. Delicate, but never slight; rounded and complete, it lacks for nothing.

Gardenia, biscuit and marzipan sit naturally alongside fennel, nori and a fine minerality. There is a striking clarity — savoury, refreshing and brilliantly drawn.

The palate moves with balletic precision, held in suspense between lightness and strength. Texture and depth build almost imperceptibly, the wine seeming to hold its breath as it walks a tightrope between generosity and restraint.

Unshackled from tradition, its nuances hide in plain sight, revealed in the space where oak might have been expected.
Intriguing, assured and moreish. Serious Chardonnay taking the less obvious line.

Chardonnay. Unadorned.

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 season began dry before shifting to a wetter-than-usual October, with an exceptionally warm December brining ideal flowering conditions. While the Christmas and early January period posed some challenges, a return to warm, settled weather through February and March improved ripening. Occasional rain showers kept canopies refreshed, leading to a smooth, trouble-free harvest. The season produced wines of both volume and generosity.

Harvest: 17th - 31st March 2025

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, 3.33 pH, 6.6 g/L TA, Dry

Full Bottle Weight: 1,165 g

Download Tasting Notes

"An excitingly energetic chardonnay with high contrast notes of starched linen, white flowers, crisp apple, cashew and oyster shell... Remarkably well-balanced with excellent line and length" (2024 Vintage)

Stephen Wong MW

Neudorf Rosie's Block Amphora Chardonnay

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