Alana Estate Martinborough Chardonnay 2021

Alana Estate Martinborough Chardonnay 2021French oak Golden peach Fig & vanilla Creamy texture "It's attractively fruited and beautifully fragrant on the nose showing golden peach, fig and vanillin oak characters. The palate delivers excellent weight and fruit intensity, well complemented by smooth mouthfeel and creamy texture. Flavoursome and comfortingly appealing. At its best: now to 2026" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, May 2022 The fruit was carefully hand harvested from two vineyards, one in the

• French oak
• Golden peach
• Fig & vanilla
• Creamy texture

"It's attractively fruited and beautifully fragrant on the nose showing golden peach, fig and vanillin oak characters. The palate delivers excellent weight and fruit intensity, well complemented by smooth mouthfeel and creamy texture. Flavoursome and comfortingly appealing. At its best: now to 2026" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, May 2022

The fruit was carefully hand harvested from two vineyards, one in the Dry River area of Martinborough and the other in the Gladstone sub region of Wairarapa. 

It was whole bunch pressed directly to a combination of French oak 500 and 600L puncheons, and 225L barriques, where it underwent  a spontaneous fermentation. Throughout its 11 months of barrel aging, the lees were stirred every three weeks, and spontaneous malolactic fermentation took place in a portion of the barrels in the spring. In February the barrels were emptied and blended under a nitrogen gas cover, before protein stabilisation and filtration. The wine was bottled in March 2021.