A couple of years back, a friend and somm described this wine as "the Gucci slippers" of our chardonnay portfolio. Luxurious, smooth, sassy. Recently someone else described it as a dress of European cut, made with New Zealand material. Needless to say - Rosie's Block Moutere Chardonnay is our "little black dress". Always in style.

A chardonnay that affirms our confidence in the Moutere Clays.

Manuka ash & matchstick flint tussle for your attention. Both laying an alluring pathway for this chardonnay to flow across the palate. The elegant use of lees is framed by restrained oak that celebrates the purity of fruit and harnesses a classically cool climate freshness.

Long, intricate, sophisticated and seamless. A wine you can’t help but revisit again and again.

Everything a modern chardonnay should exude.

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 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% 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: 14.0% Alc, 3.20 pH, 6.9 g/L TA, Dry

Full Bottle Weight: 1,165 g