Neudorf Vineyards

"A complete and excellent chardonnay"

Mike Bennie

2025

Neudorf Rosie's Block Moutere Chardonnay

Neudorf Rosie's Block Moutere Chardonnay

Composed | Mineral | Modern

$55.00 NZD
$55.00 NZD
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94/100 – "It folds in restrained but ample flavour... a very complete and excellent chardonnay" – (The Wine Front, Mike Bennie)

2024 Vintage Accolades:

96/100 – "This is joyous" – (Halliday Wine Companion, Shanteh Wale)

96/100 – “Beautifully poised and stylish” – (NZ Wine of the Year Report Susie & Peter)

95/100 – Two Merits – “Intensity and quiet restraint” – (The Real Review, Stephen Wong MW)

92/100 – “Succulent, textured and rounded” – (Vinous, Rebecca Gibb MW)

Match With

Enjoy with or without food, in the near or far, with friends or family.

  • Neudorf Rosie's Block Moutere 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 | Barrel Fermented | Unfined | Vegan | Lightweight Glass Bottle | Solar Powered Winery

There is a generosity to Rosie’s Block 2025. Voluptuous, but beautifully contained; a core of ripe fruit held taut by a corset of bright acidity.

Perfumed lime blossom and flint lead into something more savoury. There is a silky, almost collagen-like texture — a luxurious glide, giving the palate weight without heaviness.

Pithy freshness provides the architecture. The wine moves effortlessly across the palate with the depth and momentum of a vast flowing river that never breaks her banks. Generous, but sleek and precise. Nothing is overblown.

Everything feels composed.

And then there is the length. Mouthwatering and lingering, it leaves you reaching for the glass again.

Long, elegant and assured. A modern Chardonnay embracing generosity without surrendering its shape.

Vineyard

Site: Rosie’s Block - Upper Moutere, Nelson

Aspect: 90m Elevation, North Facing

Soil Type: Moutere Clay Gravels

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

Vineyard Established: 1999

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

Variety: 100% Chardonnay

Clonal Selection: 548, Mendoza, 8021

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% barrel fermentation, 15% New French Oak – medium toast

Maturation: 12 months on full lees with minimal battonage, followed by 4 months, on fine lees, in 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

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

There is a generosity to Rosie’s Block 2025. Voluptuous, but beautifully contained; a core of ripe fruit held taut by a corset of bright acidity.

Perfumed lime blossom and flint lead into something more savoury. There is a silky, almost collagen-like texture — a luxurious glide, giving the palate weight without heaviness.

Pithy freshness provides the architecture. The wine moves effortlessly across the palate with the depth and momentum of a vast flowing river that never breaks her banks. Generous, but sleek and precise. Nothing is overblown.

Everything feels composed.

And then there is the length. Mouthwatering and lingering, it leaves you reaching for the glass again.

Long, elegant and assured. A modern Chardonnay embracing generosity without surrendering its shape.

Site: Rosie’s Block - Upper Moutere, Nelson

Aspect: 90m Elevation, North Facing

Soil Type: Moutere Clay Gravels

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

Vineyard Established: 1999

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

Variety: 100% Chardonnay

Clonal Selection: 548, Mendoza, 8021

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% barrel fermentation, 15% New French Oak – medium toast

Maturation: 12 months on full lees with minimal battonage, followed by 4 months, on fine lees, in 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

Download Tasting Notes

"This is a stylish chardonnay which will unfold in increasing layers of richness and complexity over many years" (2024 Vintage)

Stephen Wong, The Real Review

Neudorf Rosie's Block Moutere Chardonnay

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