Neudorf Vineyards 2019 Home Block Moutere Chardonnay

The name has changed slightly to reflect exactly where the fruit for this classic wine comes from but the quality is without compare, in fact I will go as far as saying I think this is one of the finest chardonnay’s produced in New Zealand. It is hard to be subjective about a wine you have been following and buying since the 1980’s but putting all preconceptions aside and assessing the current wine on things like fruit intensity, acidity, texture and flavour it ticks all the boxes. The 2019 Neudorf Home Block Moutere Chardonnay is one of the very best they have produced. It's packed with layers of flavour that hang from a ripe-acid backbone and linger on the palate finishing with a delightful salinity. Classic Neudorf Moutere flavours are poised and elegant, the acidity  is precise, while capturing the powdery minerality of the Moutere clay soils and the richness of the Mendoza clone. This is a wonderful wine that has been crafted with skill and respect for the special place the Neudorf home vineyard is.   Winemaker notes: Vintage Detail: this will be remembered as an extreme season,  not only in terms of temperature and rainfall (lack of) but with events such as forest fires and water shortages. Strangely, fruit composition was excellent, not over ripe as one might expect, as as a result we see wines that have a density but also refinement.

• 100% medoza clone Chardonnay
• Hand harvested
• Soil type - Moutere Clay Gravels (100%)
• 100% whole bunch pressed
• 100% wild yeast; high solid fermentation
• 100% barrel fermentation, 15% new. French Oak, medium toast
• Matured for 12 months on full lees with monthly battonage until completion of malo (100% malo). followed by four months on fine lees in stainless steel tank.
• Bottled 21st July 2020
• Alc 13.5%, pH 3.10, TA 6.2 g/l, dry
• Cases bottled 452