Lawson's Dry Hills Estate Marlborough Chardonnay 2021

Lawson's Dry Hills Estate Marlborough Chardonnay 2021French oak Apple & lemon Custard brioche Fresh acidity "A ripe fruity core leads the bouquet with aromas of sweet peach and red apple, no mistaking the vanilla and creamy custard scents of wood along with a yoghurt and toasty barrel suggestion. Enticing, youthful and familiar. A creamy weighty texture on the palate with stone fruit, apple and creamy vanilla flavours that mirror the bouquet. A delicious wine ready for drinking from day of purchase and

• French oak
• Apple & lemon
• Custard brioche
• Fresh acidity

"A ripe fruity core leads the bouquet with aromas of sweet peach and red apple, no mistaking the vanilla and creamy custard scents of wood along with a yoghurt and toasty barrel suggestion. Enticing, youthful and familiar. A creamy weighty texture on the palate with stone fruit, apple and creamy vanilla flavours that mirror the bouquet. A delicious wine ready for drinking from day of purchase and through 2026" Cameron Douglas, Master Sommelier, Sep 2021

This wine offers a range of aromas including lemon zest, red apple and brioche. The palate is elegant with a good concentration of fruit flavours, soft texture and a lovely balance of fresh acidity. This is a beautiful and pure expression of chardonnay highlighting the variety’s natural fruit characters unencumbered by new oak.

2021 was another great chardonnay vintage. Their Chaytors Rd Block escaped the early season frosts and had a reasonable flowering with good fruit set. The result was a small but perfectly formed crop of grapes harvested on the 9th and 10th of March. This blend was 50% Clone 548 with the balance being predominantly old vine Mendoza. There was also a small component from the Wiffen Vineyard.

The bulk of this wine was wild fermented in stainless tanks, although this year they included a larger than normal component of the Mendoza clone fermented in old French barriques (30%). The wine then underwent partial malolactic fermentation, softening the overall acidity. The tank component was lees stirred weekly and all three components spent six months on yeast lees.

Food Pairing: Easy to enjoy on its own, or to accompany seafood, creamy risottos and pasta dishes, fresh salmon, soft white cheeses and chicken.